SCTP’s Team

SCTP is run by a Board of directors elected from the membership led by a Chair, supported by an Executive Director, a Marketing & Office Executive and a Continuity Director.

Vanessa Potter, Executive Director, responsible for strategic and operational delivery in line with the business plan.

Vanessa has extensive skills sector experience, at both operational and strategic level. She has served two terms as an elected SCTP Director and has worked in management roles within SCTP member organisations for over 10 years. Vanessa has overseen a broad range of government funded contracts including ESF, ESFA and DWP provision and has sat on a number of skills sector strategy groups, helping evolve the local skills landscape. She is passionate about the personal, social and economic value of education, and committed to supporting SCTP’s membership in her role as Executive Director. 

Jasmine Griffiths, Marketing and Office Coordinator, supporting the Executive Director with operational delivery, focusing on communications, administration and event organisation. 

Jasmine joined SCTP in November 2022. She has a background in marketing and is able to transfer skills from previous marketing roles to supporting the membership and the Executive Director. She is also currently undertaking an MA in Marketing & Consumer Psychology and will also bring her learning from that to the role. 

Paul Mitchell, Continuity Director, responsible for supporting SCTP’s team and SCTP’s membership.

Paul has extensive experience in vocational education in further and higher education organisations as well as in schools. He has been involved in SCTP since its inception, initially as the MD of a private training provider in Sussex, and then as Enterprise Director of a large college. As a freelance skills consultant, he worked on developing SCTP and a number of our projects before becoming Executive Director in 2008 and then moving to Continuity Director in 2018.  

SCTP’s Board

Jo Bridger (Chair) – Managing Director, Campus Training 

Helen Loftus – Vice Principal, Chichester College