
Debbie Torjussen
Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Newcastle Stafford Colleges Group
Start date: January 2023
Previous Job: Director of Finance and Operations, The Grange School
Interesting fact: Debbie enjoys spending time with her family and friends, visiting new cities and running. She hopes in the near future to start running with her 18 month old, 43kg Rhodesian Ridgeback dog called Simba who she is busy training currently

Carly Sidebottom
Director of Employability, Learning Curve Group
Start date: January 2023
Previous Job: Head of ESF and AEB, Ixion
Interesting fact: Carly is a keen snowboarder and goes every year with
her family. Her daughter has been on the snow since she was three and is now a
better boarder than Carly (she is only 9 and leaves and her father for dust)
Ixion/Shaw Trust. I strongly recommend that Ofsted revists them. They are not what they appear to be. I worked for the former and when Ofsted said they would visit. They buried paperwork and set up learners to give a ‘ favourable’ response.