Plenary: Plenary Three and Four
Date: Tuesday 14 March
Format: Co-chair
Role | CEO
Organisation | City & Guilds
Kirstie is Chief Executive at City & Guilds, the global skills pioneer, whose purpose is about helping people and economies grow and prosper through skills development. Kirstie is a hugely passionate advocate for Lifelong Learning and has worked at the forefront of education and skills and the broader sector for 33 years, contributing to National and Regional programmes.
Throughout her career Kirstie has spearheaded the development of award-winning products and services across the skills landscape both in the UK and internationally and is a passionate advocate of the role of digital and social media in transforming how people live, learn and work.
Since November 2020 Kirstie has been the joint Chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies. In the past Kirstie has been a Commissioner on the Labour party’s lifelong learning committee, Apprenticeship Commissioner for the cross party Commission and was one of the original committee members of the David Blunkett’s – Learning Age – Green paper back in 1998. She was awarded a Queens Honours in 2011 for her services of innovation in Adult learning & FE.