Global Skills Ledger’s award-winning team just got that little bigger.
Our team has a combined experience of more than 400 years and it is all technical and vocational education and training (TVET) skills related! Our experts don’t just develop skills policy, shape strategy or deliver skills interventions, our team lives and breathes skills every day in all corners of the globe.
John Mountford, our International Further Education Expert, formally CEO of the Association of Colleges and Head of International at SEMTA, the sector skills organisation covering science and engineering. John’s Further Education experience is second to none. He has a deep understanding of the college environment and how to mobilise their teaching capacity to meet employer needs.
“I’m delighted to be joining Global Skills Ledger and having the opportunity to make a contribution to developing impactful skills programmes. It’s exciting to see Global Skills Ledger’s committed to bridging the gap between training and employment and I’m greatly looking forward to working as part of the associates team and its global partners.”
Lisa Williamson, our Education and Training Expert, is a real apprenticeships and qualification design guru who has run an awarding organisation and developed thousands of National Occupational Standards and Apprenticeships. There isn’t much Lisa doesn’t know about maximising industry engagement to develop the best programmes for employers.
“Business is a competitive space and people need the right skills to compete. I am looking forward to bringing my wealth of expertise and experience to fulfil the challenges that future projects and initiatives will bring. I am really pleased to join the Global Skills Ledger specialist team of TVET Experts as it will allow me to contribute to skills globally.”
Salman Shehzad, our Consulting and Aid-Funded Project Expert brings an unmatched knowledge of project management, specifically around aid-funding. Salman brings experience of implementing projects with all the major aid agencies, including Asian Development Bank, United Nations, UNESCO, UNDP and more.
“It is a pleasure to be part of Global Skills Ledger. I am thrilled to be working with group of people who share the same vision of bringing about transformation through TVET to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency, not only for young people, but for economies across the world.”
We’re also pleased to be welcoming Pooja Gianchandani as our Apprenticeships and Engagement Expert. Pooja brings a wealth of diverse experience of working in the skills arena at NSDC, India, EU and United Nations.
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Jonathan Ledger (GSL CEO) commented “I’ve known and worked with John, Lisa, Pooja and Salman for a number of years. Their trusted expertise has been demonstrated through their excellent work many times and so it is a real privilege that they have chosen to be a key part of our global team of skills experts. Having the worlds’ best experts working on our team is no mistake, it’s intentional by design because we want to ensure that we have the full breadth and depth of the best possible capability.”