Skills 360 Board

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
Ana Christie	CEO	Sussex Chamber of Commerce
Christina Dennis	Director	WDR Limited
Dawn Redpath	Director for Economy and Growth	Surrey County Council
Jonathan Sharrock	Chief Executive Officer	Coast to Capital LEP
Kevin Delf	Chief Executive	Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership
Liane Richardson	HR Director	Thakeham Homes Ltd
Louise Punter	CEO	Surrey Chamber of Commerce
Mark Power	Interim Director of Strategic Workforce and OD	Sussex Health and Care Partnership
Nick Hibberd	Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture	Brighton and Hove City Council
Robert Pye	Co-Founder	Ethos
Ruth Whittaker	Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)	University of Brighton
Steve Benwell	Senior Partnership Manager	Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Simon Bland	Head of Economic Prosperity	Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Simon Conway	Managing Director	Vitacress Herbs
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	Simon Conway
Green champion	Vacancy
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