ZOE HUGGINS – CHAIR

Term of office: 01 March 2019 – 02 July 2028

Member of: Trust Board (Chair), Finance, Resources & Strategy

Lifelong Gosport resident Zoe was elected as the Conservative councillor for Privett Ward in 2016.

She has extensive experience in education management and has also worked in the charity sector. She is Head of Saints Learning, which is the Learning and Development business for Southampton Football Club.

ALI FOSS – VICE CHAIR OF RICHARD TAUNTON LOCAL COMMITTEE

Term of office: 06 July 2021 – 05 July 2025

Member of: Trust Board (Vice Chair), Succession, Recruitment & Remuneration- Chair, Richard Taunton Sixth Form College Local Committee (Safeguarding)

Ali has worked in education for her whole career, primarily in the post-16 sector, and until her retirement in 2021 was CEO of the North Hampshire Education Alliance and Principal of Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke.

Ali, who lives in Southampton, also chaired the Wessex Sixth Form College Partnership. She says her enthusiasm and passion for ensuring all young people have access to highest standards of education motivates her and keeps her busy. As well as being a Trustee and Chair of the Quality Committee for the Lighthouse Learning Trust, she is also an advisor for External Quality Review and Vice Chair of EBP South, which fosters links between business and education.

MUSTAFA AHMED – TRUSTEE

Term of office: 27 September 2022 – 26 September 2026

Member of: Trust Board, Finance,  Resources & Strategy, St Vincent Sixth Form College Local Committee

Mustafa, a business architect in the financial services sector based in Portsmouth, says he has always believed that education can provide the basis to achieve your goals so becoming a trustee was a perfect fit.

He enjoys hearing the challenges faced by the colleges and how they work to deliver optimum value for students and is keen the Trust creates an environment that supports students in achieving their potential. He believes it requires strong principles and values that are upheld throughout the organisation.

He is a keen football fan and a regular at his local gym.

DAN CANHAM – TRUSTEE

Term of office: 14 June 2017 – 13 June 2025

Member of: Trust Board, Succession, Recruitment & Remuneration, Compliance (Chair)

Dan currently combines being a Further Education Funding Assurance Consultant, caring for various family members, being an occasional tractor driver and trying to grow award winning pumpkins and squashes.

He has been a chartered accountant for over 30 years, 25 of which have been in the FE sector. This has included working for the Skills Funding Agency and its predecessors organisations for over eighteen years, where as Head of Assurance, South he was responsible for the assurance arrangements for FE colleges and private training providers in the South of England. For seven years more recently he was an Internal Audit Engagement Manager for Mazars LLP with a portfolio of FE Colleges and Multi Academy Trusts clients and the Manager who initially led the firms Education and Skills Funding Agency Funding Assurance contract

Dan has lived in Gosport for over 15 years and several members of his family are former students at St Vincent College.

TOM CARDY – TRUSTEE

Term of office: 03 June 2024 – 02 June 2028

Member of: Trust Board, Chair of St Vincent Sixth Form College local committee

We are currently updating our website for the academic year 2024-25, further information to follow.

LYNNE GOVUS – TRUSTEE

Term of office: 05 March 2024 – 04 March 2028

Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Resources & Strategy (Chair)

Teresa hayes – TRUSTEE

Term of office: 01 September 2023 – 31 August 2027

Member of: Trust Board, Finance,  Resources & Strategy

We are currently updating our website for the academic year 2024-25, further information to follow.

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GARY PREWITT – TRUSTEE

Term of office:13 December 2022 – 12 December 2026

Member of: Trust Board, Succession, Recruitment & Remuneration, Compliance, Rchard Taunton Sixth Form College Local Committee, St Vincent Sixth Form College Local Committee

Southampton-born Gary spent 50 years in the construction industry, the latter part as a project manager for major projects in the fire and security sector.

After retirement he became a governor at Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, which brought him full circle after having studied at the former Taunton’s Grammar School.

He was delighted to be asked to be a trustee at the Lighthouse Learning Trust and is the lead for attendance. He enjoys bringing the wealth of experience in business and life skills to the Trust.

MICHAEL STEEL – TRUSTEE

Term of office: 24 April 2023 – 23 April 2027

Member of: Trust Board, Succession, Recruitment & Remuneration, Compliance, Richard Taunton Sixth Form College Local Committee

We are currently updating our website for the academic year 2024-25, further information to follow.

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LIZ FLAHERTY – MEMBER

Member from: 4 July 2023

Liz taught in secondary schools for twenty seven years and more recently has worked for the local authority within the SEN service, and the Inspection and Advisory service.

Throughout her career she has had a particular interest in the education offer for children with Special Educational Needs.

She is an Ofsted Inspector for the local authority SEND inspections and has been a primary school governor for the last 16 years.

DI LLOYD – MEMBER

Member from: 4 June 2020

Former St Vincent College Principal Di has worked in education for more than 35 years.

The maths graduate, who lives in Southsea, began her career teaching the subject at secondary and sixth form level.

She was Principal at St Vincent until 2014 and then spent five years as Scheme Manager for External Quality Review, a peer review consortium of 28 sixth form and general further education colleges in the south of England.

She says she became a trustee because she wanted to remain in education and enjoys being able to contribute to the communities served by the Trust.

She is an accomplished pianist and cellist and is learning to play the piano accordion. She is also Chair of Portsmouth Philharmonic Orchestra.

Her other interests are vegetarianism and travel and has had a house in the south of France for more than 25 years.

CONRAD MANNING – MEMBER

Member from: 9 July 2021

Conrad has worked as a naval architect since leaving the world of professional sailing in 2016. He is currently working in defence but has also plied his trade in the yachting and superyacht sector. He joined the Lighthouse Learning Trust as a Trustee in 2020 and subsequently became a member because he saw it as an a opportunity to gain a deeper appreciation of the challenges faced by the education sector, while also playing a small part in supporting the development and improvement of the Trust.

He is a firm believer in the Trust’s mission and values because he says they are straightforward, meaningful and most importantly achievable. Away from work he spends his time on anything and everything to do with the water or engineering and can often be found sailing short-handed offshore or building fun projects to inspire future engineers to look at the marine industry.

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ROGER WOOLLEY – member

Member from: 14 June 2017

Roger is a solicitor and a partner at Lester Aldridge LLP and has considerable experience of running and managing a large business and of advising others, including charities on governance issues.

He has also been chair or president for a number of charitable organisations.