Dean of the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing and the Holbeach Campus. Val has over 30 years’ experience of teaching and senior level leadership in Further and Higher Education. She has spent many years working and living in South Lincolnshire where she has worked with employers in the Agri-food sector to develop educational opportunities for employees. In addition to her role as a Trustee, Val is a Governor of the University Academy Holbeach overseeing Safeguarding in addition to her wider responsibilities as a Trustee and Governor.

Edward grew up in King’s Lynn and after graduating from Cambridge University with both a BA and PhD in Chemistry started a business career in BP.  He managed large and complex refining, supply and distribution and commercial trading activities across the USA and Europe.  Subsequently he ran the North American activities of the small high-tech company Whatman, based in Boston, Massachusetts.  Whilst there he helped set up and chaired World Energy Solutions, an on-line auction platform providing award-winning procurement capabilities for large gas and electricity contracts.  He remains active in his consulting activities in the energy sector.  On his return to the UK he developed a diverse portfolio career including the Chair of Norfolk Learning and Skills Council, and latterly the Chair of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn.  He has had a long-term commitment to the improvement of education and skills especially in more disadvantaged areas and is familiar with the challenges in South Lincolnshire.  He has lived and worked abroad in the USA and Canada as well as in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Will Naylor (Trustee)is a Senior HR Business Partner with Bakkavor, the leading fresh-prepared food provider in the UK.  Will has over 20 years of experience of working within HR in the chilled-food sector, the last 15 years with Bakkavor working across a number of business units in South Lincolnshire.  Whilst being a recognised HR professional, Will has built a strong commercial and operational knowledge that supports effective HR business partnering.  As both a former pupil of Holbeach County Junior School, now part of the LET as Holbeach Primary Academy, and also having graduated from the University of Lincoln with a master’s degree (MSc HRM) in 2002, he is also proud of his ‘alumni’ status and educational links to the organisation.  Will is a  member of the Food Committee of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP and is always keen to promote the significant career opportunities that lie within the agri-food sector right on our doorstep in Lincolnshire.

Michelle has over 30 years’ experience in public service during which time she has undertaken a number of senior leadership roles within the education, skills and employment sectors, working in both national and local government, in public and private sector agencies and within charitable and third sector bodies. Previous job roles include Head of SEND and Lead High Need Commissioner for North Yorkshire County Council,  Director of SEND Services & Commissioning for a National Children’s Trust Charity, Senior Development Adviser for the Training & Enterprise Council and Partnership Manager for the Learning & Skills Council.  More recently Michelle has taken up the role of Chief Executive of the Lincolnshire & Rutland Education Business Partnership (The EBP).  Michelle is passionate about supporting all young people to thrive and succeed and make a successful transition to adult life.  Her work has involved all aspects of strategic planning for children and young people including working on a range of local, regional and national initiatives.

Professor Duncan French is Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Social Science, University of Lincoln. Duncan is a Professor of International Law, and is a leading academic on international environmental law and the international legal implications of sustainable development. He has written extensively in these areas, as well as writing generally on both broader questions of treaty law, international economic and investment law, and international dispute settlement. He has secondary research interests in international law of the sea and Antarctica.  Recent books include: D. French and L. Kotzé (eds.), Sustainable Development Goals: Law, Theory and Implementation (Edward Elgar, 2018) and V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm, K. McCall-Smith and D. French (eds.), Linkages and Boundaries in Private and Public International Law (Hart, 2018). He is currently working on international law’s response to “planetary boundaries”. Previously Duncan was Head of Lincoln Law School, and before that worked at the Universities of Sheffield and Reading. Duncan has four teenage children.

Steve is the CEO for UOLAT.
His passion is addressing social mobility and student progress.

Steve has 20 years of headship experience across three academies, with a proven record of school improvement and curriculum innovation. Taking UAH from 420 pupils to 1366, introducing a sixthform which now has over 300 students and being accredited provider of apprenticeship and “T” Level qualifications.