Our governance
The Ofqual board is the legal authority responsible for the regulation of qualifications, examinations and assessments.
The board provides leadership and direction, setting our strategic aims, values and standards. Its work is governed by the , first adopted on 1 April 2010 and last revised in June 2024.
Board members
Members of the board are:
- Frances Wadsworth CBE, Chair
- Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, Chief Regulator
- Susan Barratt, former audit Partner at Deloitte
- Matt Tee, Executive Director of Communications and Engagement, NHS Kent and Medway
- Dr Catherine McClellan, Owner and Principal Scientist, Clowder Consulting, and Member of the Measurement Advisory Group, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
- Hardip Begol CBE, Non-Executive Director, Oak National Academy, Trustee, Education Policy Institute, and Member of the Strategic Advisory Board, Observatory for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham.
- Mark Farrar, former CEO of the Association of Accounting Technicians and previously CEO of the Construction Industry Training Board
- Cindy Leslie, Trustee/Non-Executive Director/Chair Audit Committee, Birbeck College, University of London
- Chris Paterson, Director of Impact at the Education Endowment Foundation
- Clare Pelham, Chief Executive of the Epilepsy Society, non-executive Governor of Birmingham City University, and Director of Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Executive
The executive directors are:
- Michael Hanton, Deputy Chief Regulator
- David Bowden, Executive Director, Finance and Operations
- Tom Bramley, Executive Director, Research and Analysis
- Daniel Gutteridge, General Counsel
- Catherine Large OBE, Executive Director, Vocational and Technical Qualifications
- Dr Ian Stockford, Executive Director, Standards
- Amanda Swann, Executive Director, General Qualifications
- Matt Trimmer, Executive Director, Strategy