Sir Frank McLoughlin CBE has been appointed the new Chair of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). The Board of Trustees have made the appointment following an open and competitive recruitment process which received applications from across the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector. Sir Frank will succeed Professor Peter Latchford OBE as Chair when he steps down at the end of December 2023.
Sir Frank is one of the leading voices in the FE and Skills sector. As well as being the Chair of the highly influential Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning, whose report continues to shape the future of technical education and training, Sir Frank has advised on policy development at a local, regional and national level.
An experienced executive and non-executive director, Sir Frank was the CEO/Principal of City and Islington College for 14 years until 2016 – one of the highest performing colleges in the country and the first to be twice awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education. He is a trustee of the Royal Anniversary Trust and a member of the Advisory Board of the Education Endowment Foundation. He is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Oxford Saïd), an honorary fellow of University College London and City University and a companion of the Chartered Management Institute. Sir Frank was awarded a CBE in 2009 and a Knighthood in 2015.
