Philip Moore

Role: Vice-chair
Committee: Corporation, Audit, Finance
Appointed: 1 September 2019
Term ends: 31 August 2023

Philip has enjoyed an over 35-year international career in financial services and is now plural.

He is a Trustee of The Royal British Legion and chairs its Finance Committee. He is also a non-executive director (NED) at Bank of Ireland (UK) plc and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Codan A/S, Scandinavia’s third largest P&C insurer.

Philip served as a Governor of Aylward Academy between 2011 and 2019. Until 2017 he was the Group Finance Director of LV=. Other previous roles have included a Partner at PwC based in London and then Hong Kong.

Geoff Lambert

Role: Chair, Audit Committee
Committee: Corporation, Audit
Appointed: 1 August 2019
Term ends: 31 July 2023

Geoff has substantial experience in delivering private sector levels of efficiency and value for money while also delivering public sector accountability and maintaining probity, assurance and governance. As an experienced non-executive, Geoff has a close association with delivering financial rigour, and turnaround strategies for business development, while retaining a clear focus on Risk Management and Governance.

He has recently completed a term of ten years as Audit Chair for another FE College and has served in the same capacity for a local Primary Care Trust. He has a long-standing commitment to a range of charity work, including working as a volunteer with Medical Detection Dogs.

Kit Davies

Role: Chief Executive and Principal of North Hertfordshire College
Committee: Corporation, Finance, Quality & Curriculum
Appointed: 20 November 2017
Term ends: ex officio

Kit Davies was appointed CEO of Hart Learning Group in April 2018, having undertaken the role on an acting basis from December 2017. He joined the Group in August 2015 as Deputy Principal of NHC and was promoted to Principal in September 2017.

Kit began his FE career in 2001, having previously lived and worked in Spain, Mexico and Japan teaching and training English language teachers. Kit is a fully qualified teacher, teacher-trainer and language specialist with a broad set of classroom practitioner and management skills gained from over 20 years of experience in a range of educational settings.

His academic background is in the field of linguistics, having completed a degree in Spanish at Portsmouth University and then a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics at King’s College London. He has one published book to his name, a secondary school book on the Spanish language and culture called ‘Spain Live’.

Liz Calver

Role: Staff Governor
Committee: Corporation, Quality & Curriculum
Appointed: 4 September 2018
Term ends: 3 September 2022

Liz Calver has worked for North Hertfordshire College since July 2014 and, as a lecturer and Head of Curriculum, has the expertise and a strong track record in mentoring, coaching and supporting other staff.

As a Head of Curriculum, she works closely with staff teams and managers across the college and is proactive in helping develop and implement the policies and strategies of the Hart Learning Group.

Mary Malcolm

Professor Mary Malcolm is an independent consultant and has worked in the further and higher education sectors for 35 years.  During a decade in the Middle East, she worked for the British Council, Shell, and the UAE Higher Colleges of Technology, teaching English, Computing and Business.  She returned to the  UK in 1997, joining Abertay University.  As Head of Dundee Business School and then Vice Principal, she chaired the Tayside Wider Access Partnership and worked closely with FE Colleges in Fife and Tayside to establish progression routes across all subject areas.

In 2009 she moved to the University of Bedfordshire as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), where, as previously, she held executive responsibility for research, teaching and learning, and academic standards and quality on campus and in the University’s collaborative partnerships.

During this time, she also qualified as a Chartered Director (Institute of Directors) and undertook roles as an independent director of Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce, independent governor and subsequently Chair of Luton Sixth-Form College, a QAA auditor and reviewer, and a main panel member in the TEF subject pilot (2018-19).

She is committed to the challenge of ensuring that learners from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to take up and succeed in qualifications in subjects with long-term career traction, and those reflect new subjects needed for future jobs.

Richard Wilson

Role: Governor
Committee: Corporation & TBC
Appointed: 1 June 2021
Term ends: 31 May 2025

Richard serves as the CEO of TIGA, the trade association representing the UK video game industry. Richard spearheaded a campaign to persuade the Government to introduce Video Games Tax Relief, thereby enabling employment in the industry to grow by an annual average rate of 9.9% since 2014. Richard established: the TIGA Games Industry Awards to drive excellence in the video games sector; the TIGA Games Education Awards to recognise superb students, education providers and promote best practice; and the TIGA course accreditation system to drive excellence in education.

Prior to joining TIGA, Richard served as Director of Communications at the Royal Academy of Engineering and was Head of Business Policy at the Institute of Directors

Richard serves on a number of Boards, including Passage Trading Services Limited and has held NED roles in education, charities and a non-departmental public body.

Richard was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year’s Honors List.