Yvonne Kelly

Yvonne Kelly is the Principal and CEO of Barking & Dagenham College, a national award-winning College, that provides vocational, technical and professional training to over 7,000 students annually. Barking & Dagenham College is a leading provider of intermediate, advanced and higher level training in London with 650 learners completing qualifications in construction, a third of which are apprentices. The College is one of the first 12 Institutes of Technology in the country and selected as part of the World Skills Excellence Programme.  Yvonne takes an active role on various boards including the Creative and Cultural Skills, CEME and Care City, as well as acting as an adviser on the Pearson FE Reference Group and the WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group.