Our Executive


CEO


Dr Katerina Kolyva

CEO

Katerina brings a wealth of experience from a career spanning education, health and membership sectors. Since 2016 she has been Chief Executive of the Council of Deans of Health, a UK-wide membership organisation of over 100 universities. She previously held Executive roles at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, including Director roles for Education, Quality Assurance […]


Directors


Dr Gina Hobson

Chief of Staff to the Chair and CEO (currently on sabbatical leave)

As Chief of Staff to the Chair and CEO, Gina leads on non-executive and executive, cross-organisation systems, which includes overseeing the design, implementation and review of systems to ensure the effective running of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). In her role as Company Secretary, she works closely with the ETF’s CEO, Chair, Board and […]

Dr Vikki Smith

Executive Director - Education and Standards

Vikki is Executive Director – Education and Standards at the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). Her remit includes CPD standard setting, leading a team of subject matter experts in areas such as initial teacher education, technical education, education technology, English and maths. Education is Vikki’s academic discipline and for the past 25 years she has […]

Charlotte Razzell

Executive Director - Corporate Services

Charlotte is Executive Director of Corporate Services, leading a multi-disciplinary team of professionals across Finance, Human Resources, Legal and Compliance, Procurement and Commissioning, and Data, Digital and IT services. Collectively they aim to support and enable the work of ETF and to deliver the highest quality advice and business partnering to customers and staff. An […]

Simon Ginns

Interim Executive Director - Transformation

Simon is the Interim Executive Director – Transformation at ETF. Simon has over thirty years of Director level experience in the private, not-for-profit and membership sectors in senior commercial and operational roles. He has held senior positions with BT, Learning and Skills Network (LSN), British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), Professional Association for Childcare […]


Associate Directors


Jo Swindells

Jo Swindells

Associate Director - Standards and CPD
Lesley Frearson

Lesley Frearson

Associate Director - Finance
RoseMarie Loft

RoseMarie Loft

Associate Director - People and Workplace
Dr Paul Tully

Dr Paul Tully

Associate Director - Membership and Business Growth
Oli Adams

Oli Adams

Associate Director - External Affairs
Stuart March (he/him)

Stuart March (he/him)

Associate Director - Digital, Data and Technology
Sam Egan

Sam Egan

Associate Director - Programmes
Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey

Associate Director - T Level Professional Development