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Board of Governors

The Co-operative College is governed by a Board of Governors comprising members drawn from a variety of College stakeholders including the Co-operative and Mutual sector, Higher Education and the College staff and student bodies. The Board, which meets 6 times annually, reports to the Board of Directors of Co-operatives^UK in its capacity as Trustee of the Co-operative College. The Board operates within the statutory governing framework of the Instrument and Articles of Government and the Trust Scheme.

Current Board members are:

Board of Governors
Member Name	Member Type
David Gibson	Chair
Pauline Green	Trustee Member
Robin Stewart	Trustee Member
Hilary Justin	Trustee Member
Kate Ormrod	Trustee Member
Adrienne Lowe	Consumer Co-operative Movement
Elaine Dean	Consumer Co-operative Movement
David Rodgers	Vice Chair - Other Co-operative Sector
Andy Piercy	Other Co-operative Sector
Jason Starks	Staff Member
Bhagwanji Chohan	Student Member
Stephen Galjaard	Co-opted Member
Russell Gill	Co-opted Member
Mervyn Wilson	Chief Executive & Principal
Nigel Todd	Adult and Lifelong Learning
Doug Bourn	Higher Education

The College Board of Governors is pleased to receive expressions of interest from people within the Co-operative, Mutual and Education Sectors whose skills and experience can add value to the work of the Board, and assist the College in meeting its charitable objectives.

Strategic Plan

The College regularly reviews and publishes its Strategic Plan. The latest version for the period 2008 - 2010 is available to download in pdf format.

Half-Year Review - Jan to June 2008

In the first half of 2008 the College continued to grow in the four key areas of its operations, with a wider range of partnerships enabling it to extend the learning programmes and wider educational support for the co-operative and mutual sector in the UK and globally.

Read more in our half-year review (pdf 208kb).

Annual Report for 2007

In his introduction to the 2007 College Annual Report, David Gibson CBE, Chair of the Board of Governors said:

"2007 was an important year in the life of the Co-operative College, building on the foundations for growth laid previously and developing new areas of work that will have a significant impact in 2008 and beyond.

We were successful in extending our work in the four key areas of the College’s operation: work with managers and members, work with schools and young people,work safeguarding and using our co-operative heritage, and work with the co-operative movement globally.

The Board has maintained a clear focus on providing learning programmes and services to strengthen and build the co-operative sector, through effective partnerships. We remain confident of the role that co-operatives can play in a twenty first century mixed economy, and that the College is well equipped to support the growth of the movement.

In 2007 the Board and Trustee approved a revised Mission and Strategic Objectives to help us progress towards the achievement of our vision ‘to be the world leader in co-operative learning’.

The Board and Trustee record their sincere thanks for the work of the College staff and associates responsible for the progress and successes reported and to the Co-operative Group and Co-operatives^UK for their support in establishing the Co-operative Heritage Trust and endowment fund that together secure the long term future of our co-operative heritage."

For more details of the College's achievements in 2007 please click the following link to download the Annual Report in pdf format.

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