WENDY SMITH

Chair of Corporation

Chair of Standards Committee, Member of Business Committee and Search Committee

After training as a teacher in Hertford and at Trinity College of Music, London, Wendy moved to Nottingham in 1978. Following a short period of teaching, this was followed by a secretarial course which led to ten years of self-employment as the manager of a nursing agency.

 Returning to teaching in 1990, she discovered the fascinating world of deaf education. Wendy qualified as a Teacher of the Deaf, gained British Sign Language qualifications and, in 1995, helped to establish the City provision for deaf children aged 3-11. She now teaches music to disabled children at a local special school.

Wendy is also Chair of Governors at a primary school and undertakes voluntary work with the police and Victim Support. In contrast to her special interest in early music, she is learning to play the drums. Her other interests include gardening and going to the gym.Returning to teaching in 1990, she discovered the fascinating world of Deaf education.

GEOFF GRATION

Member of Corporation and Standards Committee

Two of Geoff's children have successfully attended Bilborough College and he is delighted to have the opportunity to support the work of the college as a Governor.

Geoff has had over twenty five years` experience of working in further education, both as a teacher and as a senior manager at one of the largest colleges in Derbyshire, where his responsibilities included those for quality assurance, student welfare and support, and liaison with parents.
He currently works as a free-lance researcher and management consultant.

SARA MURCOTT

Vice Chair of Corporation

Chair of Audit, Member of Business Group, Search Committee and Remuneration - Special responsibility for Health and Safety

Sara is now in her second term as a governor and feels privileged to be associated with the College.Sara is "born and bred" Nottingham, having studied and worked in a city she loves all her life.  She has a law degree as well as professional legal and administrative qualifications. 

Sara also worked at Nottingham Trent University for over 20 years and has experience of many of the university's academic departments and central services. Sara also volunteers for SureStart and is a theatre critic for the Theatre Management Association. When not volunteering, Sara enjoys taking an active role in a reading group and spending quality time with her husband of six years and three year old daughter, whom she hopes will attend Bilborough College in years to come!

EILEEN HARTLEY

Member of Corporation and Standards Committee

Eileen attended St. Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls and following attainment of her Degree in English she taught secondary English for two years in London's docklands. Following her marriage she moved to Nottingham and taught for 9 years with Nottingham City. Following a break of 7 years to raise her children (three sons) she returned to teaching in Long Eaton until retirement 3 years ago.

She is churchwarden at St. Mary's Attenborough and chorister there and also a member of Nottingham University choir.  She is manager of Nottinghamshire under 18 boys' hocke team and one of the Notts representatives to Midlands. Further volunteer work includes volunteering at Calke Abbey.

Her middle son attended Bilborough and followed this with a degree from Manchester and is currently in the Army (Parachute Regiment). He has been back to the College to give a careers talk and also to run fitness sessions as part of Health and Diversity week.

LISA LEWIS - Support Staff Governor

Lisa joined the college in June 2009 as International Student Manager, managing the International student programme at the college from recruitment through to arrival in the UK and the college and then on to on-programme welfare and advice.

Prior to wokring at Bilborough College, Lisa was a Team Leader within the International department at Castle College, Nottingham for about five years, and before that an Information Communication Technology lecturer at Broxtowe College (now Castle College) and also New College Nottingham, collectively for six years.

She has also worked in the industrial fastener industry (nuts and bolts!) and for many years with Nottingham based company Experian.

She is a Yorkshire born Hampshire girl, married with one daughter and one son and is looking forward to being the voice for support staff at Bilborough College.

ANTHONY (TONY) HOGG

Member of Corporation, Chair of E, P & F Committee and member of Business Committee, Search Committee and Chair of Remuneration Committee

Tony, an ‘old boy’ of Bilborough Grammar School, is the Chairman and Managing Director of Willbond Ltd. one of Nottingham's oldest private companies (established 1896) with 100 staff and 12 outlets in the East Midlands.

Tony is married to Helen an ‘old girl’ of Bilborough Grammar School and now the Assistant Head of a Nottinghamshire Comprehensive School. They have two daughters who both live and work in London.

Tony and Helen still enjoy socialising with many of their old school friends and for recreation Tony spends most weekends playing golf in the beautiful surroundings of Wollaton Park whilst Helen ensures the continued prosperity of the John Lewis organisation.

STEVE PICKERING 

Member of Standards Committee

Steve is a chartered mechanical engineer and for the past 20 years has taught at the University of Nottingham in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, where he is also the undergraduate admissions tutor. He previously worked in the steel industry and for the consulting engineers Ove Arup. He is married with three children.

He became a parent governor when his eldest child was studying at Bilborough. He is no longer the nominated parent governor although his second child is currently a student at Bilborough College. He has previously been a governor at a nursery.

SUSANNE LAW

Member of Corporation and Audit Committee

Susanne came to study in Nottinghamshire 16 years ago from Hong Kong. She has always found England a very friendly place, although she misses her family in Hong Kong terribly.

After completing her A Levels, she went on to study Accountancy in Grantham College and has since qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor. She has experience in auditing and general accountancy advice and for the last two years, she has specialised in Corporate Taxation.

Susanne has previous experience of being a Governor, as she has been a Governor for New College Nottingham.