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The Governing Body

The Board

Board and Committee Structure

(17 governors – 12 independent governors, 1 CEO, 2 staff governors, 2 student governors)

  1. Paul Lomas – Chair
  2. Shirley Collier – Vice Chair
  3. Jason Austin CEO and Principal
  4. Katie Asgari – Staff Governor
  5. Simon Ashton
  6. Steven Bulley
  7. Margaret Cobb
  8. Debbie Marshall
  9. Kay Mulcahy
  10. Simon Renny
  11. John Revill
  12. Ian Sutherland – Staff Governor
  13. Hayley Tingle
  14. Louise Woodcock
  15. Sohil Zokari
  16. Vacant – Student Governor
  17. Vacant – Student Governor

Audit and Risk Committee

Hayley Tingle, Chair
Sharron Blackburn (co-opt)
Steve Bulley
Shirley Collier

Finance and Resources Committee

Simon Renny, Chair
Jason Austin
Margaret Cobb
Natalia Govorukhina (co-opt)
Paul Lomas
Debbie Marshall
Kay Mulcahy
Simon Renny
Ian Sutherland
Sohil Zokari

Quality and Standards Committee

Louise Woodcock, Chair
Simon Ashton
Katie Asgari
Jason Austin
Margaret Cobb
John Revill
Student Governors

Search, Governance and Remuneration Committee

Rotating Chair
Shirley Collier
Paul Lomas
Simon Renny
Hayley Tingle
Louise Woodcock
Jason Austin (for Search and Governance)

English and Maths Task and Finish Group

Hayley Tingle
Margaret Cobb

See the Board and Committee Structure Chart pdf

Director of Governance

Sarah Connerty - Interim Clerk to Board of Governors

Sarah Connerty

Director of Governance

Sarah is a governance professional with 20 years’ experience in governance across General Further Education, Sixth Form and Higher Education governance. 

Sarah has strong experience of statutory and legal matters and codes of governance, and has a good understanding of Charity Law and good governance within the charity sector. She has worked on governance in mergers both for remaining and dissolving colleges, education administration, structure and prospects appraisals, estates, Board framework and structures, Board self-assessment and reviews, governor inductions and development, self-assessments and clerking of a Board. 

Sarah works as a mentor for the Association of Colleges for Governance Professionals joining the sector and as a governance advisor nationally providing interim support and guidance. 

The Director of Governance can be contacted in the following ways:

Post: RNN Group, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham, S65 1EG
Email: sarah.connerty@rnngroup.ac.uk