SPEAKERS
Meet the senior FE leaders sharing the strategies that transformed their institutions. From AI integration and apprenticeship growth to student engagement breakthroughs – these speakers have navigated real challenges and achieved measurable results. Learn from their experience, failures, and practical solutions.
FEPN 2025 SPEAKERS
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Kate Webb
Managing Director
The KWP Ltd -
Debra Gray MBE
Chief Executive and Principal
Hull College -
Pat Carvalho
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
Birmingham Metropolitan College -
Lucy McLeod
Chief Executive Officer and Principal
East Kent Colleges Group -
Andrew Green
Chief Executive
Chichester College Group -
Scott Mulholland
Chief Information, Data and Estates Officer
NCG -
David Dangana
Chief Learning Officer
Capital City College Group -
Lisa Capper
Chief Executive Officer and Principal
The Sandwell Colleges -
Andy Cowan
Deputy Principal
North East Surrey College of Technology -
Dipa Ganguli
Chief Executive Officer and Principal
WM College -
Anthony Bravo
Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Basingstoke College of Technology -
Neil Coker
Chief Executive and Principal
Barnet and Southgate College -
Maria Vetrone
Chief Operating Officer
City of Portsmouth College -
Asfa Sohail
Chief Learning Officer and Principal
London South East Colleges -
Henry Toone-Taylor
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Trafford and Stockport College Group -
Rob Wraith
Head of Learning Technology and Digital Learning
NCG -
Arinola Edeh
Principal and Head of Service
Westminster Adult Education Service
FEPN 2024 SPEAKERS
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Kate Webb
Managing Director
The KWP Ltd -
Rob Wraith
Head of Learning Technology and Digital Learning
NCG -
Catalina Marin
Group Director of Strategy and Innovation
Activate Learning -
Sage Lal
Innovate Consultant
City of Wolverhampton College -
Julian Smith
Assistant Principal and College Curriculum Reform Lead
The Manchester College -
Calvin Eden
Co-founder and Brand Director
Loud Speaker -
Morag Davis
Group Executive Director, Strategy and Transformation
Nelson Group -
Tony Lewin
Executive Principal
NCG -
Jon Adams
Chief Strategy Officer
Activate Learning -
Alice Copp
Director of Quality, Teaching and Learning
Bournemouth and Poole College -
Conrad Taylor
Business Learning and Technologies Manager
City of Wolverhampton College -
Somayyeh Clifton
Head of Quality and Innovation
North East Surrey College of Technology -
Scott Hayden
Head of Teaching, Learning, Digital
Basingstoke College -
Manoj Nanda
Head of Business, Digital and Creative Technology
Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College -
James Kieft
Teaching and Learning Development Manager
Activate Learning
FEPN 2023 SPEAKERS
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Debra Gray MBE
Chief Executive and Principal
Hull College -
Scott Mulholland
Chief Information, Data and Estates Officer
NCG -
Liz Bromley
Chief Executive Officer
NCG -
Altaf Hussain
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
Luton Sixth Form College -
Amy Hollier
Director of Blended and Online Learning
Heart of Worcestershire College -
Asma Shaffi
Principal
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College -
Deb Millar
Executive Director of Digital Transformation
Hull College -
Lynette Leith
Vice Principal
Hull College -
Henry Hughes
Chief Technology Officer, Cyber Security
JISC -
Peter Kennedy
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
Franklin Sixth Form College -
Em Lowe
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
The Bedford College Group -
Jonathan Sansom
Director of Digital Strategy
Hills Road Sixth Form College -
Steve Wileman
Head of Digital Learning
South Staffordshire College -
Steve Wallis
Executive Director of Quality
NCG -
Manoj Nanda
Head of Business, Digital and Creative Technology
Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College -
Robin Webber-Jones
Principal
Tresham College -
Tim Hallas
Teaching and Learning Lead (Digital)
Hills Road Sixth Form College -
Simon Bowen
Director of Membership
Chartered College of Teaching -
Kayleigh Hunt
EdTech Coordinator
National Star -
Michael Webb
Director of Technology and Analytics
JISC
