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NIACE Committee Structure

The Company Board has overall responsibility for all activities and operations of NIACE, and the Board meets at least three times per year.  The Company Board Directors are the Trustees of NIACE, and are elected at the appropriate Annual General Meeting (held in October/November each year) for up to a 3-year term of office.  The AGM also considers for approval the audited accounts and balance sheets, with the annual reports of the Company Board and auditors.  The AGM also appoints the auditors.
Company Board Members

The Policy Committee is responsible for developing and agreeing the policy stances of the organisation.  It meets at least 3 times a year and acts on behalf of the Company Board.  The Policy Committee consists of members elected by and from the corporate and individual members of NIACE.
Policy Committee Members

The Finance and General Purposes (F&GP) Committee, is responsible for the general management of the organisation, in particular: finances, personnel and accommodation.  It meets three times a year and consists of members elected by and from the corporate and individual members of NIACE.
F&GP Committee Members

NIACE Dysgu Cymru Committee
NDC Committee Members

 

Members of the NIACE Company Board

David Sherlock, Adult Learning Inspectorate
Capacity: NIACE President
Nick Stuart
Capacity: Vice-President and Chair of Company Board
Mike Langhorn
Capacity: Honorary Treasurer and Chair of Finance and General Purposes Committee
Deborah Cooper, Milton Keynes Council
Capacity: Chair of Policy Committee
Bryn Davies, Ystrad Mynach College
Capacity: Chair of NIACE Dysgu Cymru (NDC) Management Committee
Graham Lane, Local Government Association (LGA)
Capacity: LGA Representative
Graeme Allinson
Capacity: Chair of Audit Committee
Judith Summers, Honorary Life Member of NIACE
Capacity: Committee Member elected by the individual membership of NIACE
Margaret Davey, Honorary Life Member of NIACE
Capacity: Committee Member elected by the wider membership of NIACE
Richard Ely, Honorary Life Member of NIACE
Capacity: Co-opted by the Company Board
John Field, University of Stirling
Capacity: Co-opted by the Company Board
Maggie Galliers, Principal, Leicester College
Capacity: Co-opted by the Company Board
Nick Wilson, Consultant
Capacity: Co-opted by the Company Board
Dick Coldwell, National Grid Group plc
Capacity: Co-opted by the Company Board
Judith Swift, TUC Learning Services
Capacity: Co-opted by the Company Board

 

Members of the NIACE Policy Committee

Deborah Cooper, Milton Keynes Council
Capacity: Chair of the Policy Committee
David Sherlock, Adult Learning Inspectorate
Capacity: NIACE President
Nick Stuart
Capacity: Vice-President and Chair of Company Board
Mike Langhorn
Capacity: Honorary Treasurer and Chair of F&GP
Graham Lane
Capacity: Company Board Member
Dick Coldwell
Capacity: Company Board Member
Maggie Galliers, Principal, Leicester College
Capacity: Company Board Member
Dan Taubman, National Official, UCU
Capacity: Vice-Chair of Policy Committee
Margaret Davey
Capacity: Honorary Life Member, NIACE
Annie Williams
Capacity: Representative of NIACE Dysgu Cymru Management Committee
To be agreed
Capacity: Representative from the LGA
Lyn Ashmore, Black Practitioners and Learners Network
Capacity: Committee Member
Bob Fryer, Department of Health
Capacity: Committee Member
Susan Howlett
Capacity: Committee Member
Jill Lanning, Learning and Skills Network
Capacity: Committee Member
Carole Stott, Credit Works
Capacity: Committee Member
Judith Summers, Honorary Life Member of NIACE
Capacity: Committee Member
Martin Tolhurst, Principal, Newham College
Capacity: Committee Member
Leisha Fullick
Capacity: co-opted by the Policy Committee
Paul Head
Capacity: co-opted by the Policy Committee
Prof. Richard Taylor
Capacity: co-opted by the Policy Committee
Peter Templeton
Capacity: co-opted by the Policy Committee
Prof. Lorna Unwin
Capacity: co-opted by the Policy Committee
Policy Committee meetings may be attended by invited external observers or assessors, as non-voting participants.  This may include representatives from the following organisations.
bulletBrian Helsdon
Capacity: Department for Education and Skills Observer
bulletJohn Brennan
Capacity: Association of Colleges Observer
bulletRichard Hart
Capacity: National Assembly for Wales Observer
bulletTracey Burke
Capacity: National Assembly for Wales Observer
bulletPhillip Pullen
Capacity: OFSTED Observer
bulletDavid Sanderson
Capacity: Ufi Ltd Observer
bulletCarol Taylor
Capacity: Basic Skills Agency Observer
bulletJon Gamble
Capacity: Learning and Skills Council Observer
bulletTo be advised
Capacity: Local Government Association Observer
bulletTo be advised
Capacity: Adult Learning Inspectorate Observer

Members of the Finance and General Purposes Committee (F&GP)

David Sherlock, Adult Learning Inspectorate
Capacity: NIACE President
Nick Stuart
Capacity: Vice President and Chair of the Company Board
Mike Langhorn
Capacity: Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and Honorary Treasurer
Deborah Cooper, Milton Keynes Council
Capacity: Chair of the Policy Committee
Margaret Davey
Capacity: Company Board member
Nick Wilson, Consultant
Capacity: Company Board member
Dan Taubman, National Official, UCU
Capacity: Vice Chair of the Policy Committee
Annie Williams
Capacity: Vice Chair of NIACE Dysgu Cymru Management Group
Margaret Davey, Honorary Life Member of NIACE
Capacity: Member of the Board
Nick Wilson, Consultant
Capacity: Member of the Board
Judith Norrington, City & Guilds
Capacity: Co-opted by the Finance and General Purposes Committee
Michael Davies, Centre for Enterprise
Capacity: Co-opted by the Finance and General Purposes Committee
Anthony Lawton
Capacity: Co-opted by the Finance and General Purposes Committee
Eddie Playfair, Regent College
Capacity: Co-opted by the Finance and General Purposes Committee

 

Members of the NIACE Dysgu Cymru Committee

Danny Saunders, University of Glamorgan
Joan Smith, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Alan  Watkin, Wrexham County Borough Council
Annie Williams, Coleg Harlech WEA (NW)
Gerry Jenson, Llandrillo College
Jeff Greenbridge, Ufi Cymru
Vivian Davies, University of Wales, Newport
Bryn Davies, Ystrad Mynach College
Pat Davies, Basic Skills Agency
Sian Cartwright, Wales TUC Cymru
Jane Williams, Open University
Graham Price, WEA South Wales

 

 

 

 

 

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