THE CAREERS & ENTERPRISE COMPANY - Key Persons
Baroness Morgan is the former Secretary of State for Education. She was also Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Minister for Women and Equalities and Chair of the Treasury Select Committee in the House of Commons. She now sits in the House of Lords and has a portfolio career mainly focused on financial services.
Entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga shares his passion for business and how he started his career journey. From his first lemonade stand at 14 to now.
Julia is the former Chief Executive of Business in the Community, former Chair of Teach First and has been a government advisor working on the Prime Minister's Talent and Enterprise Taskforce Advisory Group.
David Baldwin recently stepped down as Headteacher of Churchill Community College in North Tyneside having held the role 20 years. The school was one of the first in the country to secure all 8 of the Gatsby Benchmarks. He is now Education Strategic Lead for North Tyneside Learning Trust.
John has been The Careers & Enterprise Company's Deputy Chief Executive since April 2019, also fulfilling the role of Interim Chief Executive from October 2019 to February 2021. John was previously CEO of the Futures Group and has over twenty years' experience in a range of education, skills, economic development and careers guidance roles.
Lizzie works at Heathrow, as the Border Force Relationship Manager. Previously she was a volunteer Enterprise Adviser at Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy in Slough. She leads our Youth Advisory Group and works to ensure young people's voices are present in our work.
Mo is Founder and CEO of IN4 Group and Founding Director, Trustee and Vice Chair of STAR Academies, a Multi Academy and Free Schools Trust, operating over 30 schools across the country. He was previously Co-Chair of the Greater Manchester LEP and is also Founder of Skills City, one the country's leading technology bootcamps operators.
Mohammed is currently a Graduate Software Developer and also a Project Advisory Board Member for the Young Foundation. He is passionate about youth issues and raising the aspirations of young people and would love to bring his experiences as a young person to the board.
Neil was regional managing partner at global law firm DLA Piper and the inaugural chair of Leeds City College - one of the UK's largest FE Colleges - White Rose Academies Trust and the Leeds City Region LEP. He was also a member of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
He subsequently chaired the award winning Ahead Partnership Limited and was a non-executive director of the Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust and chair of Northern Consortium UK an international education provider owned by ten UK universities. He is also trustee of an environmental charity and committee member of a community benefit society.
Steve is a businessman and engineer. He was Chief Executive of National Grid plc from 2007 to 2016, and was a Non-Executive Director of Marks & Spencer plc from 2004 to 2014. He is Chairman of CityFibre and Chairman of Zenobe.