Ian is a chartered accountant, who qualified with a major international firm after completing a degree in chemistry at the University of Birmingham. During his career he has been finance director of a number of small and medium sized enterprises in the West Midlands, including a subsidiary of WH Smith. He also spent four years as deputy principal and clerk to the corporation of Rugby College of Further Education, from where his interest in FE stems. In 2002 he started working as an interim manager, undertaking short, trouble-shooting projects in a wide variety of businesses.
In recent years Ian has concentrated on voluntary work and was trustee of YSS, a charity that supports young people in the criminal justice system until July 2021. Between January 2009 and July 2012 he was a governor of City College Birmingham, playing an active role in its eventual merger with South Birmingham College. Ian joined the board of Bournville College of FE in January 2015, becoming its chair in April and subsequently overseeing its merger with South & City College Birmingham in August 2017. He remains a governor of the merged college.
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