Stephen King Chair of Governors, New College Durham Start date: January 2024 Previous Job: Board member, New College Durham Interesting fact: After a 27 year career at bus operator Go North East, Stephen now enjoys a portfolio career spanning consultancy, non-executive, guest lecturer and mentorship roles at various organisations Kion Ahadi Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Awarding Bodies Start date: February 2024 Previous Job: Director of Strategy, Futures and Insight, The Law Society Interesting fact: Kion enjoys exercise and writing fiction. He had a science fiction novel published in 2012