Peter Latchford has been appointed as the new chair of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). He will succeed Paul Mullins, whose term will come to an end in October 2019. 

Mr Latchford has been the non-executive and executive director of a variety of organisations in the public, private and third sectors. He has also been a visiting professor of enterprise at Birmingham City University since 2010. 

The ETF is the national workforce development body for the FE sector - it provides development programmes in leadership, governance and T level delivery. 

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The right skills

Mr Mullins said: “In choosing a new chair, we were particularly interested in attracting someone who brought independence of perspective coupled with a commitment to the ETF’s mission and values. They also had to bring the right skills and experience to play a full and active chair role. We are delighted with the appointment of Peter Latchford.”

The ETF has also announced that Rachel Musson has been appointed to the board of trustees from July 2019 and will be succeeding Steve Freer as chair of audit when his term ends in December 2019.  Andrew McConnell OBE has also been appointed to the board of trustees from July 2019.