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 David Warnes has been working in the Further Education sector for over 25 years. After qualifying as a lecturer in 1996, he started his teaching career at Richmond upon Thames College. teaching A-levels, vocational courses and assessing Apprenticeships. He progressed into various management positions, including Curriculum Director of IT, Business, Travel, Sport and Leisure. He then went on to chair the national network of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Sport, before being seconded to work on the education programme for the London 2012 Olympics.
David has been the senior strategic lead for Apprenticeships, Business Development and HE at both East Surrey College and London South East College, and was most recently Deputy Principal at West London College, before joining Chelmsford College as Principal and Chief Executive in October 2022.
David is a keen amateur gardener and walker, and particularly enjoys exploring the remote corners of the West coast of Scotland.
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Andy joined the College in September 2014 with 19 years’ experience working in Further and Higher Education across a number of vocational sectors. After starting as a new blood lecturer at Suffolk College in 1995 he progressed through the ranks, becoming a Senior Teaching Practitioner. Andy’s managerial career began at Otley College where he took up the post of Curriculum Manager of Technology and latterly Director of Business Services before joining Writtle College as Head of Further Education. Following the success of the Ofsted Inspection to Good during December 2017, Andy was invited to join the East of England Ofsted Appeals Panel. In July 2018 he was also invited to become a Director of the ACER Board. Andy originally trained as an Auto Electrician in Ipswich and is still active within the sector through his ongoing involvement with the Institute of the Motor Industry. Andy's wider interests include walking, canoeing and surfing.