Register of Interests - Governors

Updated 14 July 2026

Register of Interests - Governors

Governance

Name of Governor

(These are updated each year)

Current Interests Declared

Sophie Stevens-Robinson (Staff Governor)

  • Husband is an owner of Creative62. Both owners have visited the College to give talks to students.

  • Husband non-executive board member, Leicestershire Business Voice. Other board members have worked with Leicester College.

Lesley Giles

  • Director, Work Advance Ltd

  • Consortium Partner for Creative Industries issues and education, Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

  • Commissioner, Independent Commission on the College of the Future

  • Advisor, Skills Advisory Group, OECD Skills Centre

  • Honorary Fellow, Institute for Employment Studies

  • Fellow, Royal Society of Arts

  • Non-Executive Director, CfE Research Consultancy

Shabir Ismail (Principal)

  • Board member, EMH Group

Chan Kataria OBE

  • Former CEO, EMH Group

  • Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Board, Rainbow’s Hospice

  • Member, Chartered Institute of Housing

  • Board member, Regulator of Social Housing (RSH)

Neil McDougall

None

Roger Merchant (External Member)

None

Robert Radford

  • Son is a member of the senior leadership team at Beaumont Leys School

  • Trustee, Leicester Vineyard Church

  • Trustee, Open Hands Trust (Leicester)

  • Former Trustee, North Memorial Homes

Jackie Rossa

  • Employee, Ofsted (Inspector)

  • Daughter employed by St Paul’s School

  • Daughter employed by Beauchamp College

Lee Soden

  • Nephew teaches martial arts at schools

    and colleges across Leicestershire.

Tom Wilson

  • Employee, St Philip’s Centre

  • Chair of Trustees, Together Leicester

  • Member, Leicester Diocesan Synod

Vipal Karavadra

  • Director, Fluid Funding Ltd

  • Trustee, Rainbows Hospice

  • Chair, Ethics and Transparency Panel, Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for LLR

  • Non-Executive Board Member, Leicester Asian Business Association

  • Director, Leicester Riders Foundation

Nicky Randall (Staff Governor)

  • Shareholder, Bright Enterprises

Sue Hopewell (External Member)

  • Interim Director for A Levels, Birmingham Metropolitan College

  • Director, MTD Training (contract with Quality Consultancy)

Mukund Narsi (Associate)

  • Niece works for Leicester College

  • Finance Lead, Leicester City Council Revenues and Customer Services

  • Casual Box Office Assistant, De Montfort Hall

Steven Munro

  • Employee, Selfridges Retail Ltd

  • Member, Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales

  • Treasurer, Edith Weston Parochial CHurch ouncil

Vipul Bechar

  • schVarious local and Regional Roles, Labour and Co-operative Party

  • Employee Representative, Leicester Local Government Pension Scheme

  • Various roles in Leicester City Branch and East Midlands Region, UNISON

  • Employee, Leicester and Leicestershire Business and Skills Partnership

Jude Mellor

  • Headteacher, Ashby School and Ashby Sixth Form

Steve O’Neill

  • Executive Board Member - Chief Marketing and Corportate Affairs Officer, PayPoint Plc