UK & IRELAND Appointments: Skills Funding Agency headed by Thorneywork

The department for business, innovation and skills’ (BIS’s) Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has made Kim Thorneywork interim chief executive.
Thu, 31 May 2012
The department for business, innovation and skills’ (BIS’s) Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has made Kim Thorneywork interim chief executive.

A teacher by profession, she has previously been an area director for the Learning and Skills Council and is promoted to her current role from the position of executive director of delivery at the SFA.

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