Register of Interests - Governors

Updated 4 December 2024

Register of Interests - Governors

Governance

Name of Governor

(these are updated annually)

Current Interests Declared

Danielle Gillett

  • Director, Pye Tait Ltd

  • Director, East Midlands Business Ltd

  • Director, EMB Excellence Ltd

  • Director, One Midlands Ltd

  • Director, EMB-DA Ltd

  • Director, EMB Group Ltd

  • Fellow, ACCA

  • Chair, CBI East Midlands

Nicky Randall (Staff Governor)

  • Shareholder of BrightEnterprises.co.uk - family pub

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

Shabir Ismail (Acting Principal)

  • Board member, EMH Group

Chan Kataria OBE

  • Chief Executive, EMH Group

  • Trustee, Rainbow’s Hospice

  • Trustee, Chartered Institute of Housing

  • Member, Place Shapers – National Alliance of Housing Associations

  • Member, National Housing Federation (Trade Body of HAS)

  • Vice Chair CIH, Housemark Benchmarking Club,

  • Board member, EMH Group (EMH Sharpes, EMH Treasury, EMH Development and EMH Homes)

Zubair Limbada

  • Employee, De Montfort University

  • Member, Local Pensions Committee and Investment Subcommittee, Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund

Neil McDougall

None

Roger Merchant

None

Louisa Poole

  • Finance Director, Evolution Logistics Ltd (t/a Evolution Time Critical) (not a statutory director)

  • Part-owner and Director, Manor Court (Little Stretton) Ltd

  • Trustee, LOROS

  • Director, Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering Ltd

  • Trustee, The Spirit Health Foundation

  • Director and Shareholder, Louisa Poole Ltd

Robert Radford

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

  • Trustee, Leicester Vineyard Church

Jackie Rossa

  • Employee, Ofsted (Inspector)

  • Daughter employed by St Paul’s School

  • Daughter employed by Beauchamp College

  • Consultant, VALS

Lee Soden

None

Sallyann Turner

  • Employee, The Sheffield College

  • Trustee, Sheffield City of Sanctuary

Tom Wilson

  • Employee, St Philip’s Centre

  • Chair of Trustees, Together Leicester

  • Member, Leicester Diocesan Synod

Chloe Bakewell (Student Governor)

None

Kyle James (Student Governor)

  • President, Leicester College Student Union

Vipal Karavadra

  • Director, Fluid Funding Ltd

  • Trustee, Rainbows Hospice

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

  • Non-Executive Board Member, Leicester Asian Business Association

Alex Stacey-Midgley

  • Ambassador, OD Academy

  • Employee, Loughborough University