Steve began his teaching career at Prices College in Fareham. Then followed a teaching career with management responsibilities at Peter Symmond’s College Winchester, where he was President of the Geographical Association, alongside being a PTRI inspector for ALI, FEFC, and then OFSTED. After being the Vice Principal at Saint Vincent College, he became Principal of Portsmouth College for 13 years. Steve “retired“ at 60, only to be elected by his peers to be their AoC President the very next day on August the 1st 2018.
In April 2023, Steve founded SS4FE (Sustainability Support for Further Education) a not-for-profit consultancy designed to promote and financially support awards for students in the green skills/sustainability space, in their FE Colleges and partnerships.
Steve continues to be a Board member of the AoC Charitable Trust, UNLOC, EFEC, and Pompey in the Community. He is the patron of ‘Off the Record’ (A mental health charity for young people) a strategic adviser for JISC , and
regularly does webinars, podcasts and conference chairing and key notes for the EAUC, ETF, LANDEX, JISC, and other institutions and partnerships.
Alan founded a management consultancy in 1995 specialising in strategy development,
implementation, and director development. This consultancy worked with clients from
public and private sectors and included family-owned SME’s to £4bn pan-European groups.
Alan has had several non-exec roles the longest being 12 years in duration with one of the
UK’s oldest manufacturers in Liverpool.
In 2019 Alan developed the plan for the NetZero ‘Group’ of companies identifying the
opportunities arising from the significant challenges faced by property owners in meeting
the decarbonisation target for 2050. The focus of the Group is on delivering domestic
retrofit at scale using Retrofit Hubs which employ and train local people thereby creating
real economic benefits as a direct consequence of decarbonisation.
Holly is a Sector Manager for Action Sustainability’s Supply Chain Sustainability School. She leads the Future Workforce and Retrofit Sectors for the UK. She works with the top companies across the built environment industry, and has recently launched the new sector which enables education providers to join the School alongside them to bridge the industry-education gap. She is also delivering a large programme throughout 2024 on retrofit skills. She has a background in Further Education, and is qualified in sustainability and education.
