Introduction to the Board
The Skills 360 Board provides direction and strategic support for the delivery of our ambitious Strategic Economic Plan, Gatwick 360, specifically the actions within Priority 4: Create Skills for the Future, where we seek to boost the productivity of our economy by giving people the skills they need to secure and maintain high quality jobs.
Skills Advisory Panels
The Skills 360 Board will act as the Skills Advisory Panel (SAP) for the Coast to Capital area, bringing together employers and skills providers to understand and address key local skills challenges, with the aim of developing evidence based analysis to advise and support providers to deliver the skills required by employers.
This will be achieved by ensuring SAPs have strong governance arrangements and meaningful analytical capability to:
- generate analysis of their local skills and labour markets to understand the local position
- discuss and agree local skills needs priorities in the short-term and more longer-term
- consider how these will be met through local provision over time
- support the production of strong 'people pillar' section of Local Industrial Strategies
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Membership
In accordance with the requirements set out by government for the Skills Advisory Panels, the Skills 360 Board is made up of private business and public sector representatives, the Chief Executive Officer of Coast to Capital and representatives from the education sector and the community and voluntary sector.
Below are the current members of the Skills 360 Board:
|
Name |
Job Title |
Organisation |
|
Frances Rutter (Chair) |
Principal and Chief Executive |
North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT) |
|
Winston Mahaffy (Vice Chair) |
Managing Director - Defence & Government |
Thales |
|
Alison Addy |
Head of Community Engagement |
Gatwick Airport |
|
Christina Dennis |
Director |
WDR Limited |
|
Jenny Andersson |
Founder & Director |
We Activate the Future |
|
Jonathan Sharrock |
Chief Executive Officer |
Coast to Capital LEP |
|
Kevin Delf |
Chief Executive |
Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership |
|
Liane Richardson |
HR Director |
Thakeham Homes Ltd |
|
Mark Power |
Interim Director of Strategic Workforce and OD |
Sussex Health and Care Partnership |
|
Robert Pye |
Co-Founder |
Ethos |
|
Ruth Whittaker |
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) |
University of Brighton |
|
Sian Drabble |
Senior Partnership Manager - Surrey and Sussex District |
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) |
|
Simon Bland |
Head of Economic Prosperity |
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |
|
Simon Pringle |
Chief Executive Officer |
Red River Software Ltd |
|
Tim Walder |
Partner - Aviation Sector Leader & Croydon Office Director |
Arcadis |
Board Champions
There are a mix of Board Champion roles which have been allocated to Skills 360 Board members according to their skills and expertise, and have been identified as key to the success of the Board and delivery of its Skills Strategy and Action Plan. The sector focused roles are based on the sectors where we have significant competitive advantage and those that employ or have the potential to employ high numbers.
|
Role |
Board member |
|
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion |
Tim Walder |
|
Stakeholder Conversations champion |
Jenny Andersson |
|
Digital skills champion |
Simon Pringle |
|
Communities champion |
Kevin Delf |
|
Horticulture/Viticulture champion |
Vacancy |
|
Green champion |
Jenny Andersson |
|
Tourism champions |
Simon Bland / Alison Addy |
|
Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering champion |
Winston Mahaffy |
|
Health and Care champion |
Mark Power |
|
Construction champions |
Tim Walder / Liane Richardson |
|
Financial and Professional Services champion |
Christina Dennis |
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