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 Ofqual Governance Framework (PDF, 375 KB, 59 pages), first adopted on 1 April 2010 and last revised in December 2022.

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, The Centre for Education and Youth CIC
  • 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
  • Eileen Milner, former CEO of the Education Skills Funding Agency and previously COO of the Care Quality Commission
  • 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
  • Amanda Swann, Executive Director, General Qualifications
  • Catherine Large OBE, Executive Director, Vocational and Technical Qualifications
  • Dr Ian Stockford, Executive Director, Standards, Research and Analysis, Ofqual
  • David Bowden, Executive Director, Finance and Operations
  • Daniel Gutteridge, General Counsel
  • Matt Trimmer, Executive Director, Strategy

Board meetings

Previous board papers available at the national archives