Trustees
COUNTEC EBP BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES
When I was a kid my mum used to say to me, “You can’t have everything.” What gives me a buzz is proving to people every day that they can certainly have a lot more than they’ve currently got.
Joe Clinch OBE, semi retired. Previously Secretary of the Open University. Currently Higher Education Adviser, Milton Keynes Economy and Learning Partnership. Independent member of the Countec Board and chair of its Citischool Committee since 2005
“Citischool is a highly innovative alternative education provider for disengaged 14-16 year olds which builds on the successful education business partnership experience of Countec EBP. It offers students extended supervised work experience with employers and key tutor personal mentoring support in order to increase their employability and enterprise skills. I am very pleased to be involved with this important initiative and its future development”
HR Manager, thecentre:mk
Executive Director, Milton Keynes Economy & Learning Partnership
Headteacher, Ousedale School
Deputy Principal, Milton Keynes College
Former Teacher, now an elected Member of Milton Keynes Council, specialising in Learning & Development and “young people’s” issues generally. At various times, Executive Director of Milton Keynes Lifelong Learning Partnership, member of the Learning and Skills Council for Milton Keynes Oxfordshire and Bucks (MKOB), Governor of Milton Keynes College, director of the MKOB ConneXions partnership. Currently, Board Member of Milton Keynes Economy and Learning Partnership.
Director of Countec since 1996, Chair of the Board since 2000. “I believe that by being a member of the Board of Countec, I can help it develop its vision and assist with my varied experiences and contacts in local government and beyond. With one daughter at secondary school and another at university I have a “parent’s eye view” of learning”.
Director of Strategy Angus Knight UK
“Countec offers innovative engagement opportunities bringing the young people of Milton Keynes and our employers together. Skilled young people are essential to the future growth and prosperity of Milton Keynes. Without the support of employers we cannot offer our young people the vocational experiences upon which they can make informed life and employment choices”.
Solicitor, Chairman Borneos LLP- Milton Keynes
“I am honoured to wear a number of ‘hats’ in Milton Keynes and was pleased to be invited to join the Trustees of Countec EBP in 2001. Since then the landscape within which Countec EBP operates has changed considerably and its importance in the provision of work experience, employability and work skills has increased beyond recognition. Countec EBP faces new challenges as our city grows and endeavours to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate in the success which is Milton Keynes.
Managing Director, Sonatest plc
Special Education Needs Teaching Assistant, St. Paul's Catholic School in Milton Keynes – who assists in the support and integration of students with special educational needs within a main stream secondary school.
Louise has been associated with Countec EBP for many years and became a Board member in 2001. Having worked with young people both in her previous career in the Civil Service and now at St. Paul's School in Milton Keynes, appreciates the valuable and vital work which Countec EBP does in enabling the young people of Milton Keynes to become employable.
Louise believes that “By being a Board member I can assist in the vision of Countec to show that every young person really matters and I feel very strongly that Countec EBP is an essential part of education in Milton Keynes”
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