Governance

Paul Deane

Principal and Chief Executive

Paul is the Principal and Chief Executive of Grantham College. He has over 20 years proven experience of successful leadership in Further and Higher Education. Paul, originally an economics graduate from Manchester University, began his career in the private sector in retail buying & merchandising in London before completing a MSc in Software Development at Huddersfield University which led to work in computer aided manufacturing across Europe. Paul then worked in local government before settling in further education in Leeds where he completed an MBA at Leeds University. Paul has worked in a number of FE & HE institutions and joined Grantham College in 2013. Paul is a former national board member of JISC, the organisation that provides digital solutions for UK education and research. 

George Brewis

Chair of the Corporation

George is Managing Director of DLS Plastics encompassing DLS Medical and DLS Daneplast based in Grantham, Peterborough and Sewstern respectively. The business is based around plastic injection moulding, manufacturing a wide range of products for leisure vehicles, health- care and a variety of other industry sectors. In addition the business provides stock management and engineering services to customers. Previously George was involved in providing business consultancy to agricultural businesses in the South West and East Midlands areas of the UK. He has a degree in Agriculture and a Master of Business Administration. He has a specific interest in utilising IT to improve business productivity and decision making.

Chris Turner

Vice Chair

Chair of Standards Committee

Chris joined Pearson Education in February 2016 to take-up the role of Head of English and Maths before settling into his current role supporting curriculum development across 40 General Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges in the East of England. He has a background in the employment, enterprise and skills sectors with over 25 years experience.

Chris has worked in both senior operational and quality related roles for some of the largest educational providers in the UK. He lives in Grantham and is the father of three daughters, one of whom currently attends Grantham College

Ann Treacy

Chair of Finance & Resources Committee

Ann joined the College as a Governor in 2022.  

Ann is a qualified accountant with over 20 years post qualifying experience and sits on the Audit Committee of a Further Education College in Nottinghamshire as an Independent Board Member. 

Ann currently works for Lincoln Diocese as their Director of Finance & Deputy Diocesan Secretary supporting the Bishop of Lincoln and the parishes within greater Lincolnshire. 

Previously Ann worked in the further education sector for a number of years in senior roles.

Carolyn Dewhirst

A retired teacher and formerly a lecturer at Grantham College. I have one Son and many interests including Metal Detecting and indoor and outdoor bowling. I am a volunteer Mansion Guide at Belton House and also do volunteer work at Harlaxton Manor. I have had a love of poetry all my life and enjoy both reading and writing it.

Nick Jones

Retired business consultant and operations manager, specialising in performance and productivity improvements with global enterprises.

Allison Webb

Batul Dungarwalla

Batul, born in London after her family, Ugandan Asians were expelled from Uganda in 1972 by dictator Idi Amin. She works in London as the National Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Youth Policy at The Prince’s Trust as well as leading the contracts for International Fundraising.

In 2013 she moved back to Lincolnshire, near Grantham to be with family and was CEO of a large advice charity until mid 2018 when she left due to ill health.

After a long period of recovery and wanting to work part time for a while she worked at Stamford College as a Business Economics and Sociology lecturer as well as a fundraiser for a small international charity raising money for women and girls to access fresh water in India.

Batul now works full time again at Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service, the local infrastructure and volunteer involving organisation for South and East Lincolnshire and largest deliverer of social prescribing services in the county. She is the Senior Area Officer responsible for funding and part of the Senior Leader Leadership team.

She is also developing work on youth representation on boards to ensure good governance and board diversity and has recently recruited the first young person in the county to sit on a PCN board (Primary Care Network, NHS) for Boston PCN as pilot for further work across Lincolnshire.

Jacqui Adams

Jane Taylor-Holmes

Clerk to the Corporation

Jane joined the College as Clerk to the Corporation in September 2017. She is a legally qualified (LLB honours degree), is a qualified solicitor (non-practicing) and has extensive governance experience.

Prior to joining the College Jane worked as Company Secretary in the NHS (for over 10 years) and prior to this worked as a solicitor specialising in employment and charity law.

Jane is also a Governor at a primary school and has five children who keep her busy!

Louise Smith

Staff Governor

Appointed 30 March 2021. Louise sits on the standards committee.

Sarah Ellis

Staff Governor

Appointed 7 November 2023. Sarah sits on the standards committee.

Cameron Ford

Lay Governor

The Senior Post Holder Employment and Remuneration Committee

Cameron has been a Lay Governor of Grantham College for over ten years.  He is a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors having been Ambassador for Human Resources, Skills and Recruitment for the East Midlands.  He has held senior leadership roles in the recruitment industry for over 25 years and is the owner of a local business, Reflect Recruitment Group, providing professional services to local businesses and organisations across the East Midlands.  He is actively involved with the Association of Labour Providers Member Council, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and chairs HR Professionals Forums and grant awarding bodies across the East Midlands. 

Nick Manoussakis

Lay Governor

Nick is married with two children. He lives in Grantham and is financial controller for an international company. Previously, he was Finance manager at Fenland Foods of Grantham. He has been on the College Corporation since 2010.

Mos Kalbassi

Lay Governor

Mos joined the College Governors team before Incorporation. He is a qualified as Food Technologist and is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology and a Chartered Scientist. He chaired the Finance and General Purposes Committee before becoming Chair of Governors in 2013. He is married with two children and lives in Grantham. As well college duties, Chairman of Parkinson’s Uk, Grantham Branch, member of the Lincolnshire LEP Food Board, Member of the Rotary Club of Grantham, he also represents Lincolnshire Governors on the AoC East Midlands Regional Committee.

Mike Argyle

Lay Governor

Chair of Audit Committee