Our People
Our Trustees
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The Rt Hon the Lord Lingfield
Kt DLitt EdD LLD DL
The Lord Lingfield is the Chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education…
Chairman and Trustee -
Olga Bottomley
MIVA MIOD SFEDI
Olga has been a Trustee and Deputy Chairperson for CVQO since March 2007, and is the Board lead and Chair for the Safeguarding, Education and Remuneration Committees…
Trustee -
Keith Baldwin
BSc(Eng) ACGI MSc DIC C Eng MIET FIBC
Keith Baldwin is an experienced manager and business advisor with strong financial skills, excellent technological awareness and strategic thinking capability…
Trustee -
Martin Doel
CBE MA BEd FRSA FRAeS
Martin Doel is a Visiting Professor at University College London (Institute of Education) and Associate Director of the Institute’s Centre for Post-14 Education and Work…
Trustee -
Lesley Davies
OBE FCFE
Lesley has worked in the education and training sector for the majority of her career….
Trustee -
John Dowty
MA ACA
John has recently retired after 24 years as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During this time he was the global leader of their M&A Integration and Separation business…
Trustee -
Simon Denny
BA MA PhD
Simon Denny was raised in Essex and educated at Brentwood School. He joined the Army in 1976. After officer training at RMA Sandhurst he joined the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers…
Trustee
Our Executive Team
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Guy Horridge
BSc MSc MBA FCMI FInstLM
CVQO Chief Executive Guy Horridge was born in 1957 to a service family. After a relatively traditional…
Chief Executive -
Michèle Parry
BA(Hons) PGDIP MA
Michèle Parry graduated from Newcastle upon Tyne University with a BA with Honours in Modern Languages…
Deputy Chief Executive -
Rob Harvey
MA ACA
Rob graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences and then joined Price Waterhouse working in London and Barcelona…
Finance Director
Our Senior Managers
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Paul Atkinson
After graduating as a teacher in 1979, Paul spent thirty-four years working in maintained schools as music teacher…
Head of Curriculum -
Tracey Sanders
Tracey was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire and has ten years’ experience of running her own business…
Head of Stakeholder Relations
Our Senior Business Development Managers
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Clinton Riley OBE
Since joining CVQO in 2005 he has been a Regional Operations Manager, Head of Level 2 Public Services and Head of Development. He is now Senior Business Development Manager – London and Home Counties
Senior Business Development Manager London & Home Counties -
Andy Webster
At 13 Andy joined Cheshire Army Cadet Force, and after 5 years as a cadet he became an adult volunteer…
Senior Business Development Manager North -
Steve Mills
GCGI MInstLM
Steve joined CVQO in 2005 and is now the Senior Business Development Manager for Central England and Wales….
Senior Business Development Manager Central England & Wales -
Richard Allen
MCGI ATCI
Richard joined CVQO in 2010 having previously been a Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) in the Army …..
Senior Business Development Manager South
Our Business Development Managers
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Lou Bebbington
Lou joined Cheshire ACF in January 2006 as an instructor. She currently holds the rank of Major and is Officer Commanding Messines Company…
Business Development Manager (North) -
Michelle Welsh MBE
Michelle joined the Sea Cadets in 1982 as a cadet and then as a volunteer, and continued to rise through the ranks …
Business Development Manager (Central England & Wales) -
Roberta Turkington
Roberta Turkington retired from full time work in 2019 having worked in education for 38 years…
Regional Manager (Northern Ireland) -
Miranda Mills
Miranda owns her own flooring company as well as working on the CVQO Schools Project. She is a Captain and Company Staff Officer in the Army Cadet Force…
Business Development Manager (London & Home Counties)
Our Curriculum Managers
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Melanie Osborne
Melanie was born in Liverpool and after 5 years at university graduated with an MA in Criminal Justice…
BTEC Level 2 Curriculum Manager -
Martin Salter
Martin’s background is in teaching, having spent twenty-seven years in a number of different roles…
City & Guilds Curriculum Manager -
Neil Fairbrother
Neil hails from Plymouth, and was raised in a service family. He gained a BSc Honours undergraduate degree in Sports Science…
ILM Curriculum Manager and BTEC L3 Education & Training Curriculum Manager -
Chris Bushby
Chris was born and went to school in Southampton and then studied History at Newcastle University…
iLM Award for Young Leaders Project Manager -
Kevin Hay
Kevin joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16 in 1976 as a Seaman Operator…
BTEC Level 1 Curriculum Manager
Our Lead Teaching and Learning Managers
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Andrew Nickson
Andrew joined the Scouts and then continued to become a Scout Leader. He was commissioned as an Officer with the Air Training Corps …
Lead Teaching and Learning Manager (North) -
Lynne Maitland
BA(HONS) PGCE
Originating from South Wales, Lynne joined the Air Training Corps in August 1992, taking her commission in 2000…
Lead Teaching and Learning Manager (Central England & Wales) -
Kerry Barker
Kerry joined the Army Cadet Force as a cadet at the age of 14, then became an adult instructor in 1997. She currently runs a successful Detachment within Dorset ACF…
Lead Teaching and Learning Manager (South)
Our Teaching and Learning Managers
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Jim Black
MINSTLM
Jim Black was born in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in 1962. He was educated at Buckie High School. At 15 Jim joined the Army (Gordon Highlanders then Highlanders)…
Teaching and Learning Manager (North) -
Ranveer Bahra
BA (Hons)
Ranveer graduated from Buckinghamshire New University with a BA (Hons) Degree after studying Airline and Airport Management…
Teaching and Learning Manager (South) -
Sheryl Punter
Sheryl graduated from Leeds Trinity University with a single honours in Sport and Exercise Science, where she further developed an interest in Health, Fitness and Wellbeing …
Teaching and Learning Manager (Central England & Wales)
Our Other Managers
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Mitch McGuire
Mitch lived life until 1989 in Germany moving to Retford in Nottinghamshire where she has stayed since joining the Army Cadet Force as an adult instructor in the summer of 1989…
Senior Teaching and Learning Manager -
Jade Collins
Jade joined CVQO in 2017 as a management accountant and has since broadened her responsibilities as Finance Manager…
Finance Manager -
Simon Reeves
MPRCA
Simon was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and studied Media Writing and Journalism at Southampton Solent University, graduating with a BA (hons)…
Head of Corporate Communications -
Adrian Guice
Originally from Leamington Spa, and having completed a Degree in Economics at Coventry…
Learner Support Services Manager