Our People
Our Trustees
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The Rt Hon the Lord Lingfield
Kt DLitt EdD LLD FCGI DL
The Lord Lingfield is the Chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education…
Chairman and Trustee -
Keith Baldwin
BSc(Eng) ACGI MSc DIC C Eng MIET FIBC
Keith Baldwin is an experienced manager and business advisor with strong financial skills, excellent technological awareness and strategic thinking capability…
Trustee -
Martin Doel
CBE MA BEd FRSA FRAeS
Martin Doel is a Visiting Professor at University College London (Institute of Education) and Associate Director of the Institute’s Centre for Post-14 Education and Work…
Trustee -
Simon Denny
BA MA PhD
Simon Denny was raised in Essex and educated at Brentwood School. He joined the Army in 1976. After officer training at RMA Sandhurst he joined the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers…
Trustee -
John Dowty
MA ACA
John has recently retired after 24 years as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During this time he was the global leader of their M&A Integration and Separation business…
Trustee -
Ranald Munro
CB CBE TD VR DL
Ranald Munro was called to the English and Welsh Bar at Grays Inn in 1986. He has had 37 years in-house legal…
Trustee
Our Executive Team
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Guy Horridge OBE
BSc MSc MBA FCGI FCMI FInstLM
CVQO Chief Executive Guy Horridge was born into a military family. After a relatively traditional …
Principal and Chief Executive -
Michèle Parry
BA(Hons) PGDIP MA
Michèle Parry graduated from Newcastle upon Tyne University with a BA with Honours in Modern Languages…
Vice Principal and Deputy Chief Executive -
Rob Harvey
MA ACA
Rob graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences and then joined Price Waterhouse working in London and Barcelona…
Finance Director -
Steve Taylor
After qualifying with the NCTJ, Steve started his career in the media working for regional and national newspapers, magazines and in radio…
Director of Marketing & Communications
Our Senior Managers
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Andy Webster
At 13 Andy joined the Army Cadet Force, and after 5 years as a cadet became an adult volunteer…
Head of Stakeholder Relations & Designated Safeguarding Lead -
Richard Allen
MCGI ATCI
Richard joined CVQO in 2010 having previously been a Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) in the Army …..
Head of Business Development -
Mitch McGuire
Mitch lived life until 1989 in Germany moving to Retford in Nottinghamshire where she has stayed since joining the Army Cadet Force as an adult instructor in the summer of 1989…
Head of Curriculum -
David Dodd
David spent many years working in the private sector and comes from a design and marketing background …
Head of Quality & Safeguarding Officer -
Tanya Winter
HR Manager & Safeguarding Officer
Our Business Development Managers
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Miranda Mills
Miranda has worked for CVQO for the past seven years initially working on CVQO’s Schools Partnership Project …
Business Development Manager (London & Home Counties) & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead -
Stuart Spencer
Stuart has been a cadet, regular and reserve soldier, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, and served 25 years as an MOD civil servant …
Business Development Manager (South) -
Michelle Welsh MBE
Michelle joined the Sea Cadets in 1982 as a cadet and then as a volunteer, and continued to rise through the ranks …
Business Development Manager (Central England & Wales) -
Lou Bebbington
Lou joined Cheshire ACF in January 2006 as an instructor. She currently holds the rank of Major and is Officer Commanding Messines Company…
Business Development Manager (North) -
Roberta Turkington
Roberta Turkington retired from full time work in 2019 having worked in education for 38 years…
Regional Manager (Northern Ireland)
Our Curriculum Managers
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Ian Peaple
Ian’s educational journey began at Corsham Comprehensive School. At the age of 12, he joined the Army Cadet Force (ACF), where he…
ILM Level 3 Curriculum Manager -
Kevin Hay
Kevin joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16 in 1976 as a Seaman Operator…
BTEC Level 1 Curriculum Manager -
Melanie Osborne
Melanie was born in Liverpool and after 5 years at university graduated with an MA in Criminal Justice…
Teaching & Learning Development Manager & BTEC Level 2 Curriculum Manager -
Graham Simons
Graham graduated from Cambridge University and a career in teaching followed…
City & Guilds Curriculum Manager
Our Lead Teaching and Learning Managers
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Kerry Barker
Kerry joined the Army Cadet Force as a cadet at the age of 14, then became an adult instructor in 1997. She currently runs a successful Detachment within Dorset ACF…
Lead Teaching and Learning Manager (South) -
Andrew Nickson
Andrew joined the Scouts and then continued to become a Scout Leader. He was commissioned as an Officer with the Air Training Corps …
Lead Teaching and Learning Manager (North) & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Our Teaching and Learning Managers
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Eddie Carmichael
Teaching and Learning Manager (Central) -
Chris Bushby
Chris was born and went to school in Southampton and then studied History at Newcastle University…
Teaching and Learning Manager (South) -
Sheryl Daglish
Sheryl graduated from Leeds Trinity University with a single honours in Sport and Exercise Science, where she further developed an interest in Health, Fitness and Wellbeing …
Teaching and Learning Manager (Central England & Wales) -
Fiona Galloway
Fiona started her voluntary role within the Scouts, moving to the Sea Cadets in 2020 ……
Teaching and Learning Manager (North)
