The Governing Body
Board and Committee Membership 2024/2025
| Name | Finance & Resources | Audit & Risk | Quality & Standards | Search, Governance & Remuneration | CPSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Pryke (Interim Chair) | Y | Y | |||
| Jason Austin (CEO/Principal) | Y | Y | Y | Y (Chair) | |
| Katie Asgari (Staff Governor) | Y | ||||
| Simon Ashton | Y | ||||
| Stephen Bulley | Y | Y | |||
| Margaret Cobb | Y | Y | |||
| Donna Clifford (Vice Chair) | Y (Chair) | Y | |||
| Shirley Collier | Y | ||||
| Sally Gillborn MBE | Y | ||||
| David Grimes | Y | ||||
| Paul Lomas (Vice Chair) | Y (Chair) | Y | |||
| Debbie Marshall | Y | Y | |||
| Kay Mulcahy | Y | ||||
| Jack Pike (Student Governor) | Y | ||||
| Fatima Sabir (Student Governor) | Y | ||||
| Carol Stanfield | Y | ||||
| Ian Sutherland (Staff Governor) | Y | ||||
| Hayley Tingle | Y (Chair) | Y | |||
| Louise Woodcock | Y | ||||
| Sohil Zokari | Y | ||||
| Sharron Blackburn (Co-opted Governor) | Y | ||||
| Sarah Connerty (Director of Governance) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Director of Governance
Sarah Connerty
Director of Governance
Sarah is a governance professional with 20 years’ experience in governance across General Further Education, Sixth Form and Higher Education governance.
Sarah has strong experience of statutory and legal matters and codes of governance, and has a good understanding of Charity Law and good governance within the charity sector. She has worked on governance in mergers both for remaining and dissolving colleges, education administration, structure and prospects appraisals, estates, Board framework and structures, Board self-assessment and reviews, governor inductions and development, self-assessments and clerking of a Board.
Sarah works as a mentor for the Association of Colleges for Governance Professionals joining the sector and as a governance advisor nationally providing interim support and guidance.
The Director of Governance can be contacted in the following ways:
Post: RNN Group, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham, S65 1EG
Email: sarah.connerty@rnngroup.ac.uk