Rebecca DurberArea Director North West Association of Colleges AELPStart date January 2023Previous Job Director of Public AffairsInteresting fact Rebecca spent 8 years as a councillor on Manchester CityCouncil representing a ward in the south of the city Ed Reza Schwitzer Head of External Affairs, AQA Start date: January 2023 Previous Job: Associate Director – Education Practice, Public First Interesting fact: While hailing from Slovak Jewish ancestry on his dad’s side andIranian on his mum’s side, Reza is also fluent in Italian Richard Caulfield Senior Policy Manager, Greater Manchester Colleges Group Start date: January 2023 Previous Job: Area Director, AoC Interesting fact: Richard is a ‘serial volunteer’: current roles include beinga trustee of an anti-poverty charity, a parkrun marshall (when not running it),security at a synagogue, chair of GP practice patients group and marshall at aCovid vaccine centre