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Shakira Martin, Head of student experience, Rose Bruford College
Start date: July 2019
Previous job: President, National Union of Students
Interesting fact: When she was younger, she choreographed dances for church performances and school talent shows. She claims to have been twerking way before Miley Cyrus
Alison Shaw, Governor, Northumberland College
Start date: July 2019
Concurrent job: Professor of Practice, Newcastle University Business School
Interesting fact: Having agreed to help with Spanish interpretation to welcome a Uruguayan businessman to Blyth, she landed up actually selling him a ship
Jeff Hope, Governor, Northumberland College
Start date: July 2019
Concurrent job: Head of manufacturing unit, AkzoNobel Ashington
Interesting fact: He has worked as a navigator on marine exploration vessels and has surveyed most oceans/seas across the world
Neil Salvesen, Governor, Northumberland College
Start date: July 2019
Concurrent job: Director, Leazes Management Services Ltd
Interesting fact: Recently achieved his ambition of a single-figure golf handicap
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