Sam Double Chief Executive Officer, VetSkill Start date: January 2025 Previous Job: Director of Operations, VetSkill Interesting fact: Sam has a research interest in positive psychology and recently undertook an emotive study on Ofsted inspections and their effects on wellbeing of senior leaders. Sam is also a Plymouth Argyle season ticket holder. Richard Turner Head of Apprenticeships, Graduates and Industry Development, Network Rail Start date: January 2025 Previous Job: Head of Apprenticeships, BT Interesting fact: In his spare time, Richard creates history-based animations for over 400,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel David Laws Chair, AQA Start date: December 2024 Previous Job: Chair, Energy UK Interesting fact: David is the only current or former UK politician who has helped negotiate two national coalition governments (the Lib Dem-Labour government in Scotland from 1999-2003 and the Lib Dem-Conservative coalition government of 2010-2015