Amy Leech
Amy is focused and driven, with over 10 years’ experience of working in customer facing roles. She provides an outstanding customer experience regardless of industry or sector, which enables her to connect well with all our Centre and prospective clients. Tenacious and professional in all her engagements, with a very keen eye for detail, Amy’s […]
Sumudu Chinthana
Sumudu has joined the team as a Finance and Business Executive to help with our Finance and Administration processes. Sumudu is a Chartered Accountant and also has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from York St John’s University. He is an ACCA member, has nine years of mercantile experience and seven years of audit experience. […]
Stephen Thompson FIRP
Stephen has accrued over 25 years’ commercial experience in senior management and leadership positions across several business sectors. A freelance management consultant, he’s operated as a General Manager in wholesale warehousing and distribution (including transport and logistics), Director of Finance for the largest textile manufacturing group in Europe, Head of HR (including recruitment and selection […]
Melissa Pennington
Melissa joined us from Next, where she contributed to the logistics and distribution function. She previously completed an Admin Assistant Apprenticeship with Barnsley College, where she gained a Level 2 in Business Administration, and has also had some retail experience. Melissa is part of our Customer Service and Centre Support team. Her friendly, outgoing personality […]
Simon Dutson
Simon is an accomplished educator, having worked as a schoolteacher as well as a quality assurance associate for several educational awarding organisations, including NCFE, OCR, and Pearson. Alongside his qualification as an External Quality Assurer (EQA), he has an impressive background in quality assurance generally, including working as a Standards Verifier, International Standards Verifier, Technical […]
Helen Pusey
Helen is an energetic, driven and committed Qualification Development Expert and Quality Assurance Specialist with a BTEC Level 7 (Masters level) Advanced Professional Certificate in Investigative Practice from Bond Solon in London. She is also an experienced educator with an impressive academic background, including two Honours Degrees (BA and BSc), a Postgraduate Diploma in Child […]
Olivia Allott
Olivia has really trained hard this year to improve her professional status, and has succeeded in being appointed Interim Sales Manager. Olivia came to us from a Customer Service post within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), where she applied her strong background in customer services. Her data analysis and data protection skills combine […]
Sarah Edmundson
Sarah has a strong background in Quality Assurance (Qualified IQA) and Assessment, and in Education and Training. She’s currently studying for the External Quality Assurer (EQA) qualification, to add more value to both Focus Awards and our Centres. A big part of her current role is helping to plan and coordinate EQA activity. Sarah fully […]