AoC Annual Finance Conference and Exhibition | AoC Create | 9 May 2018 | De Vere East Midlands Conference Centre, Beeston Ln, Nottingham NG7 2RJ, UK

The Government’s focus on technical education and social mobility not to mention the impending implications of Brexit mean that further education and skills are high on the political agenda. The impact of the apprenticeship reforms is now fully apparent and details of the implementation of T Levels are emerging. As ever colleges continue to adapt in order to meet these challenges head on, and your role is very much at the forefront of leading the change.

The AoC Annual Finance Conference and Exhibition will showcase the role of the finance professional in driving change. It will demonstrate innovative solutions you can use to access funding, drive commercial initiatives and raise standards across your organisation.

Through networking experiences and a comprehensive line up of expert speakers from within and outside the sector, the event will equip you with the tools to drive your college forward in challenging times.

2018 Speakers

Maggie Galliers CBE
Chair, Learning and Work Institute and Lynn French, Vice Principal Resources, Tameside College

Andrew Tyley
Deputy Further Education Commissioner, Further Education Commission

Danny Eastman
AoC Create Workshop Facilitator and Cyber Security Specialist, Cyber Fortified

Antony Worthy
Head of Post 16 Assurance, ESFA and Kate Tyson, Transaction Unit

James Whybrow
Vice Principal and Jo Clifford, Vice Principal, Finance, Nottingham College

Julian Gravatt
Deputy Chief Executive, Association of Colleges and Helen Gorner, Head of Service Engagement, Education and Skills Funding Agency

Jon Thedham
AoC Create Workshop Facilitator

Kevin Street
Senior Manager 16-19 Funding Development, ESFA

Barry McKay
Partner and LGPS Fund Actuary and Public Sector Fund Actuary, Hymans Robertson

Jonathan Herbert
Managing Director, Bond Bryan

Simon Mander
Principal Consultant, WPM Education

Chris Knell
Finance Director, Plumpton College and Andrew Oppe, Regional Director, Sancus

Nick Pidgeon
Managing Consultant and Phil Moseley, Senior Consultant, Tribal

Jo Matthews
Associate, Education and Training Foundation, Graeme Lavery, ChiefFinance Officer, Reaseheath College, Melanie Brittain, Head of Finance, Kidderminster College and Richard Bryant, Vice Principal of Finance and Resources, City College Southampton

Jon Tucker
Executive Director – Members and Customers, Jisc

Gill Alton
Chief Executive and Don Everitt, Group Director of Finance, Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education

Matthew Atkinson
Director, Transaction Unit

Andrew Wellens
Director, GVA and Susan d’Arcy, Associate, GVA

John Tomlinson and Derrick Jones
Consultants and AoC Create Workshop Facilitators

Ewa Wawrzynska and Liz Kebby-Jones
Registration Officers, Office for Students

Lisa O’Loughlin
Principal, The Manchester College

Tony Kerley
Organisational Development Consultant

2018 Sponsors and Exhibitors

• Education & Training Foundation
• WPM Education
• acc create
• act credit management LTD
• Bond Bryan
• CSI Leasing
• Department for Education
• DYNISTICS
• drakelane
• protect
• fidelity
• Finalysis
• Frontier
• GRANTfinder
• HP
• Nucleus
• InPlace
• IPS Integrated Payment Solutions
• Pay360 by Capita
• Protocol
• sancus
• Santander Corporate and Commercial
• tenet
• TRIBAL
• VATANGELS Vat Consultancy
• Wylie+Bisset
• Zurich Municipal