Currently, the Corporation is made up of eighteen diverse Members, who are:
Members are initially appointed for 12 months and then can be re-appointed for two periods of four years. Staff Members are appointed for up to two terms of four years and Student Members are appointed annually.
The legal power of our Corporation rests with the Corporation and not with individual Members, therefore we must:
As individuals, we are not personally liable for the debts of the College, unless it is shown we have acted negligently or improperly.
We are volunteers and are not paid, although we may claim reasonable out of pocket expenses for attendance at meetings.
On appointment, we must declare any convictions, bankruptcy proceedings, and any financial and non-financial interests we have. These interests are recorded in a register of Members’ Interests which is available for public scrutiny.
On appointment, we agree to follow our Corporation Guiding Principles document.
I currently study performing arts at North Warwickshire South Leicestershire College in Hinckley,
I am enjoying my course and I feel that it has improved my confidence which pushed me to apply to become a student governor. I am a dedicated student and enjoy the extra-curricular activities outside of College, including the Parliament meetings. I am course representative for Performing arts as well as the student governor as well. Having these roles means I get to have a different perspective on what goes on in the college from a student’s point of view and it also helps prepare me for the responsibilities I have to face in later life. As the student governor I also sit on the Students Learning & Quality Committee.
Steve Dover’s first job at the age of 15 was as an Apprentice Shipbuilder with Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. He went on to Further Education and eventually achieved a Degree in Environmental Engineering at Newcastle Polytechnic in 1978.
Steve spent 24 years in construction operating in the UK, Jordan, Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman. He led the overall construction of some of the largest developments in the City of London during the ‘80s and early ‘90s as well as major construction projects for the Royal Oman Police and Sultan’s Armoured Regiment in the Sultanate of Oman. In 1999 he led the implementation of the Criminal Records Bureau quickly followed by the establishment of the London Congestion Charge. He then started my own company and worked with Thames Water / ITNET / Transport for London / Stratford District Council / HMRC and Cap Gemini Aspire and Central Government.
He became a senior civil servant in Central Government and was a leader of the Welfare Reform Programmes in the Department for Work & Pensions (Employment & Support Allowance and Universal Credit). He also led in the outsourcing initiative of departmental back office services to two shared services providers across all Government departments.
Moving on from Government he went to transform the charity Help for Heroes and latterly has led and advised on major transformations in the UK Higher Education sector, within which he continues to strive to make a difference. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has led two major scientific expeditions to the remotest part of the Sultanate of Oman discovering the wreck of the first British Merchant ship to be sunk by the Germans in World War One; a new species of humpback whale and untouched tombs and dwellings over 5,000 years old.
Steve’s interests are family (married with 3 grown up kids and 3 grandchildren), scuba diving, climbing and walking, photography and writing poetry some of which has been published. Steve aspires to serve and make a difference to the society within which he lives and the people around him.
Steve sits on the Resource Committee
Helen is an Environmental professional and Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor and has worked in the environmental sector for 15 years with a particular interest in waste management & recycling, as well as being an experienced, qualified management system auditor. During her consultancy days Helen has helped many businesses establish and maintain ISO 14001 Environmental management systems as well as having experience with many other management systems such as health & safety, quality and laboratory.
Helen currently works as an environmental manager for Holland & Barrett International Ltd, responsible for the internal and external environmental aspects of the business including compliance with all Environmental laws, developing policy and strategic planning, ensuring the business is on course to meet Net Zero objectives and future targets.
Helen sits on the Audit Committee
Ray has lived in Burbage and have been active in the community for over 37 years.
Ray retired as the Vice-Chancellor & Principal of a West Midlands University, having worked in schools, colleges and universities for over 40 years. He began his further education career in the General Education Department at North Warwickshire College of Technology and Art (now the Nuneaton campus of NWSLC) in 1978 teaching politics, English and physical education and has some very fond memories of the 7 years he spent at the College, not least because he met his wife who was teaching Beauty Therapy there. He is also grateful for the experience he gained during that time as it gave him an excellent foundation upon which the rest of his career was built.
When he was a young and growing up in Liverpool, few people would have thought he would do very much with his life. He was however fortunate enough to go to a brilliant secondary school with teachers who inspired hm and opened his eyes to a world of possibilities he never knew existed. They gave Ray the confidence and the skills to transform his life and strive to be the very best he could possibly be. Ever since, wherever he has worked, he has tried to do the same for the students he has worked with. Ray hopes that, in some small way, he can continue to do that in his role as Chair of the NWSLC Corporation.
Ray sits on the Students Learning & Quality Committee and the People, Strategy & Governance Committee
Anil Majithia is the Vice Chair of the Corporation and Chair of the Audit Committee at North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College. Anil retired in 2017 from his full time role as Delivery Director for HPE and brings with him significant experience of delivering major transformational business & technology change within different industry sectors. He currently holds a portfolio of Board positions; he is Chair of Regional Advisory Board (East Midlands) for Canal & River Trust, a Non-Executive Director for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and the Chair of George Eliot Hospital Charity.
Anil sits on the Audit Committee.
Steve is the Chief Executive of North Warwickshire Borough Council, where he has worked for nearly 20 years.
A qualified solicitor, Steve has significant strategic leadership experience and is also heavily involved in governance issues, taking on the role of trustee for two charities as well as a Director of a not-for-profit housing company.
Steve is a keen sports fan, particularly cricket, playing a handful of games each year.
Steve sits on the Resource Committee
Leanne is a highly-motivated lecturer who provides exemplary levels of commitment to team members and students. During her years of employment with North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College she has worked within the Hair and Beauty Department developing and growing successful courses and embedding and coaching for competition and enrichment opportunities. She has and continues to develop successful working relationships with both internal and external links.
Leanne’s motivation for joining the Students, Learning & Quality Committee as a co-optee, was to be an asset to the Committee and to enhance the variety of feedback and in turn strive for excellence.
Marion progressed into teaching following a career as a midwife and health visitor. She has held senior management positions within the further education sector for 23 years and has been Principal and Chief Executive of North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) for 19 years. In 2009, Marion received an OBE for services to further education. Marion has been relentless in supporting activities that promote and influence the raising of standards in the FE sector. Under her leadership, NWSLC has been consistently assessed as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted and has successfully secured multiple regional and national awards for excellence.
Marion is Chair of WorldSkills UK and has actively supported the development of the WorldSkills Centre of Excellence partnership. Students at NWSLC consistently lead national medal league tables, including in entry-level foundation skills competitions which the college itself conceived and developed.
Marion led the development of a successful technology institute that delivers highly acclaimed training for the automotive sector including for prestigious brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Bentley. She served a three-year term as a non-executive director at the Department for Education and is a trustee of the National Society Council of the Church of England. She is proud of her role in developing college leaders, particularly women, supporting them to become principals. Marion is a member of the Coventry and Warwickshire Skills Advisory Panel and is also a member of the Association of College’s Portfolio Group for Climate Change. Over recent years, Marion has been a Director on two Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) boards (Coventry and Warwickshire and Leicester and Leicestershire) and served as Vice Chair for the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP. Marion also served three terms as a governor at Coventry University.
Marion was the Chief Executive of the Midland Academies Trust, which was responsible for four secondary schools for 12 years, until November 2023. In 2018 Marion was awarded the ‘Businesswoman of the Year Award’ by the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce. In September 2019 she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Leicestershire Live Women in Business Awards, devised to celebrate the outstanding achievements of female professionals in the region. She recently achieved fellowships from the City and Guilds Institute and the Chartered Institute for Further Education.
Marion sits on all Corporation committees
Luke is a Group Director HESQ (health, safety, environmental, sustainability & quality) and Compliance Director for over 160 sites and 16,000 people in the Supply Chain Industry, working for Wincanton. He is HSEQ and Groups Operation training teams. He has experience as a school governor and has worked in education throughout his career. Recently, Luke was instrumental in the launch of the CLEAR partnership with NWSLC, as well as key industry projects in wearable technology and virtual reality.
Clive is a commercial property solicitor who qualified in 1992. He rose through the ranks to become a partner at Martineau Johnson where he has spent the majority of his career, joining Veale Wasbrough Vizards in June 2015, where he headed up their Birmingham office and continued to advise colleges and universities. Clive rejoined Shakespeare Martineau in May 2021 where he headed up the Birmingham office until end April 2023. He also lead the firm’s Education Real Estate practice. Clive has advised colleges and universities on major development projects and the management of their property portfolios for well over 30 years, providing specialist advice on property development and commercial property.
Clive sits on the Birmingham Law Society Property and Development Committee, having stood down as chair in Spring 2019 after 5 years. After 8 years in post on the Council of Birmingham Law Society Clive stepped down from that position in Autumn 2022, staying on to finish chairing the wholesale review and implementation of the Society’s new governance structure which was adopted in December 2022.
In Autumn 2018 he was fortunate to have been awarded Professional of the Year at the Birmingham Awards and in Spring 2021 was awarded Partner of the Year at the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards.
Clive is also a liveryman of the City of London, being a member of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers.
In his spare time Clive enjoys a number of sports and is a very keen long distance walker, both for fun and for charity.
Clive sists on the People, Strategy & Governance Committee and the Resource Committee.
Nick is a chartered accountant who has over 25 years’ experience working with FE and HE Institutions.
Nick has served as a head of not for profit at a number of leading accountancy firms.
He has previous experience of being a Corporation Member and chair of Audit Committee at two FE Colleges.
I began my professional career as an auditor and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2008. Following 10 years in audit, specialising in the not-for-profit sector, including colleges and academies I decided to take a change in career and became a Business Manager at a multi-academy trust where I worked for 3 years. This helped to develop my knowledge working within the education sector at a much more hands-on level. In order to broaden my knowledge within the charity sector, I then took on my role as Head of Finance at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 2016 before moving to my current role as Director of Finance at Rethink Mental Illness and Chief Finance Officer at Mental Health UK.
James is the Manager of Creative Industries at the Hinckley Campus. With lots of experience in the FE sector teaching across all levels and leading various projects and curriculum teams, James is a passionate educator and advocate for the Further Education sector and the impact it has on communities.
James is a musician who regularly plays professionally as a guitarist on many shows across the UK and Europe. As a voluntary Blood Biker James is also a keen motorcyclist commuting most days. James lives locally with his family and enjoys spending time with them on hikes and travelling the UK in their camper van.
Rebecca joined the Corporation having worked in the Further Education sector for three decades as a lecturer, middle manager and researcher. During her career she has led a wide variety of curriculum areas including hair and beauty, catering, sports, fashion and tourism. NWSLC has been a significant part of her journey in FE, and her connection to the College started in 1992 when she undertook her teaching training. She has a keen interest in skills competitions and helped to develop the first national Beauty Therapy competition to find a competitor to represent the UK in the World Skills competition in Montreal, Canada.
Rebecca has maintained a close association with FE through her recent work for the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Warwick where she taught on the 2+2 and part time degrees, as well as her research on vocational pathways in Further Education at the University of Derby.
Rebecca currently works in the Civil Service as a Social Researcher working on a range of high priority projects aimed at addressing social, economic and policy issues. She continues to contribute to the research community on vocational education, student aspirations, intersectional inequality and lifelong learning in her role as Honorary Assistant Professor in Vocational Education at the University of Nottingham. Rebecca is passionate about the transformative potential of Further Education and puts the student experience at the heart of everything she does.
Dr Andrew Turner is Pro Vice-Chancellor, Curriculum Development. He has responsibility for the strategic leadership of Curriculum Development across the Coventry University Group. He has responsibility for the Office for Teaching and Learning which is a University-Group unit to support the development and delivery of the curriculum, pedagogy (teaching, learning and assessment) and academic development across the whole University Group.
Andrew joined the University in 1996 originally as a lecturer in Environmental Science. His leadership of key University-wide projects has been instrumental to the enhancement of the student experience at Coventry. He recently led the implementation of an innovative new learning experience platform, Aula, replacing the traditional virtual learning environment. Aula is at the heart of a new Education Technology ecosystem providing an engaged, social approach to learning.
Andrew has worked extensively internationally with international collaborative partners in the Middle East and Africa and was instrumental in initiating, leading and delivering accredited post-graduate academic development courses in Oman and Ghana. In 2019, he developed and led the Oman’s Entrepreneurial Leaders Programme, a project funded under the Gulf Science, Innovation and Knowledge Economy (GSIKE) initiative of the UK Government delivered with the National Council for Entrepreneurship Education and the Middle East College.
