Welcome to Basingstoke College of Technology

Pamela Woolgrove

Member

Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Search Committee 

Lynden Jones

Member

My professional career has been in the Education Service as a Teacher of Deaf Children, working in Bristol, Staffordshire, London Borough of Hounslow, Edinburgh and finally Hampshire. After retirement I became a Basingstoke & Deane Councillor for 16 years representing the Brookvale Ward in which BCoT is situated.  Subsequently from 1999/2000 I became Mayor of the Borough. I have been a Governor at BCoT since 2002 and have served on most Committees, my particular interest being Equality & Diversity and Safeguarding. Being a Governor brings together my two major interests of Education and service to the community.

Audit Committee 

Charles Cardiff

Member

My working life has been spent in the international banknote industry (print and paper) with experience in most functions as well as at board level.  On retirement I formed my own consultancy business. I was a parish councillor (including Chairman) for many years and am now involved in local voluntary work. My commitment to BCoT goes back some 20 years during which time I have been Chair of Governors and sat on many advisory and sub-committees.

Audit Committee

Mary Orsborn

Staff

I am the Corporate staff elected member for the Board of Corporation and have recently started my second four year term of office. I have worked mainly in the private sector and use the skills gained there to enhance my support role in the college. I strongly believe that everyone should have access to the best education possible and I want to contribute to BCoT becoming the best available in the area.

Audit Committee, Search Committee 

Mike Howe

Member

I am Joint Managing Director of Stannah Stairlifts Ltd, and was a Director of Basingstoke Engineering Training Association which was absorbed into BCoT in 2006.  Originally trained as an Engineer, my link area at BCoT is Business and Apprenticeships, both aspects key to development of our region.

Finance & Resources Committee 

Rob Munson

Member

I joined international paper company, Wiggins Teape, after university and spent 25 years in many roles including research, marketing and commercial management. I left to become Managing Director of a company producing Birthday/Christmas cards.  

My final career with Learning and Skills Council in Hampshire, responsible for funding FE colleges. As Governor I have focussed on Quality (chair of committee) and marketing.

Quality Committee 

Gary Livingstone

Member

From school to Apprenticeship to successful engineering businesses, all in sunny Basingstoke.

I have over 25 years experience of technology based engineering including Managing Director of LG Motion & MiniTec through start-up and continued expansion plans.

At a local level, I’m a season ticket holder of Basingstoke Town Football Club and play Table Tennis in division 1 of the Basingstoke League.

Finance & Resources Committee 

Lynne George

Member

George Batho

Member

Born and brought up in Hampshire, I live on the South Coast near Southampton. 

I have over 30 years’ experience in Human Resources management and for the last seven years have been employed as HR Director for Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd in Basingstoke. I became a Governor at BCoT in 2006 have served on several committees and am currently Vice Chair of Governors. 

Finance & Resources Committee, Remuneration Committee 

Daniel Cremin

Member

Quality Committee 

Donna Kitchen

Staff

I am a staff governor and have worked for Basingstoke College of Technology for 9 years starting as a sessional lecturer in Business, Leisure, Hospitality and Professional Studies.  I am now Head of Department for Creative Arts and Technologies but enjoy being involved in cross-college activities which include being on the Quality Committee, Continual Improvement Team and part of the Equality & Diversity forum of which I am an E & D ambassador.  I have an MBA with Quality Management specialism and write book reviews for Quality World in my spare time.

Quality Committee 

Therese Lawlor

Member

Finance & Resources Committee 

Liz Stuart

Member

I have spent all my working life in Higher Education first as a lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies and more recently in management positions. I am currently Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Winchester responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for all academic matters.  I became a governor because the University and BCoT enjoy a close working relationship. I am particularly interested in quality assurance, student life and equality and diversity.

Quality Committee 

David Dangana

Member

Quality Committee 

Simon Burrell

Clerk to the Corporation

I am a full time, independent Clerk to various College corporations.  I have been in FE since 1974, having worked for the local authority FE Department and subsequently as Chief Admin Officer and College Secretary in large FE colleges.

Andy Williams

Audit Committee External Co-opted Member

Audit Committee 

Anthony Bravo

Principal

I was appointed Principal of Basingstoke College of Technology in 2009.  I qualified as a teacher at Newcastle University, after gaining a degree in Agriculture and Environmental Science. Education has always been my passion; however, I also loved working in the private sector and became the first graduate management trainee at Marks & Spencer Marble Arch.

I re-entered the education sector some 20 years ago and remained for 15 of those years in an FE environment, focusing particularly on partnership, community, income generation and most recently workforce development.  In July 2003 I was appointed to set up Crossways Academy, Lewisham which became a CISCO world reference site for use of ICT in education, as well as providing a template for integrated smart building technology.  

Finance & Resources Committee, Quality Committee, Search Committee 

Julie Churcher

I have been the Headteacher of Aldworth Science College for eleven years and am currently Acting Headteacher at The Vyne Community School.  I am committed to working to improve the life chances of children and believe in the benefits of partnership projects.  I am the Chair of the Aldworth, Brighton Hill and Bishop Challoner Local Children's Partnership and believe I can bring a secondary school perspective to BCoT in my role as Governor.

Quality Committee 

Joanna Miller

An MBA educated, software services entrepreneur executive with years of experience of bringing new products to the market using technology as the enabler. I am currently supporting BCoT from a technology and commercial perspective while running Cobalt, which has its headquarters in Basingstoke. Cobalt specialise in delivering 24/7 hosted self-service payment services (PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant) to a range of public and private customers in the UK parking and transport sectors. Cobalt's key brand is the UK's leading cashless parking service - RingGo.

I became a governor to help bring my commercial experience to BCoT and hope to help by supporting the local community in terms of employment and sport opportunities while focusing on Safeguarding and IT within the college.

Finance & Resources Committee