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WHO'S WHO?

Avril Benkjer
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Nov-01
Email: avril.benkjer@htptraining.com
Avril joined the company in 2001 when HTP took over Isle of Wight Partnershipand was employed as a Work Placement co-ordinator and assessor.  With a background in the Police and  20 years in a retail environment she is currently employed as a Training Consultant delivering, assessing and IV’ing Customer Service and Retail NVQs and associated qualifications.
Barbara Bligh
Position: Project Coordinator
Joined: Mar-07
Email: barbara.bligh@htptraining.com
Barbara previously worked at The Isle of Wight College as a Project Leader for various European Social Fund Projects along with the occasional periods of Lecturing. Prior to this Barbara taught Microsoft software programmes, has Managed ICT centres and E2E / Job Centre Plus contracts with other training organisations.
Becci Hayles
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Jun-06
Email: rebecca.hayles@htptraining.com
Becci Hayles is a Hospitality Training Consultant specialising in the Front of House Operations.
Becky Swan
Position: E2E Training Consultant
Joined: Oct-05
Email: becky.swan@htptraining.com
Becky joined HTP from The Seaview Hotel in October 2005. She studied Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham and then returned to the Island after 5 years away.  Becky works in the Lymington centre on the E2E programme
Becky White
Position: Administrator
Joined: Feb-04
Email: becky.white@htptraining.com
Becky joined HTP from school and started an Apprenticeship in Customer Service before progressing onto her Advanced Apprenticeship in the same subject area. Working in the Management Information and Finance Department, she undertakes many important roles for the Company.
Chris Ashton
Position: Business Development Consultant
Joined: Oct-06
Email: chris.ashton@htptraining.com
Chris Joined HTP following a career within the Hospitality sector, ranging from restaurants and night clubs to the management of Children’s activity centres. Chris is a member of the Business Development Team based in the Portsmouth Offfice and is also an approved CIEH tutor delivering courses for HTP in Health and Safety and Food Safety.
David Killpack
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Apr-07
Email: david.killpack@htptraining.com
David Killpack, Training Consultant for the E2E programme at Ryde, David previously worked for 9 years as the Cricket Development Manager for the Island and is hugely experienced working with young people.
Emma Dobbins
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: May-05
Email: emma.dobbins@htptraining.com
Emma Dobbins is a Hospitality Training Consultant specialising in the Front of House Operations.
Fran Turner
Position: 14-19 year old curriculum co-ordinator
Joined: Jan-04
Email: fran.turner@htptraining.com
Fran joined HTP following over 20 years working in the hospitality industry mainly in the role of Head Chef. In addition to co-ordinating the 14-16 year old schools programme, Fran tutors a number of the courses which the company run.
Helen McGrath
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Jul-04
Email: helen.mcgrath@htptraining.com
Helen joined HTP in July 04 working as Administrator before progressing in 2006 to become a Training Consultant within the E2E department where she now helps run the “Generations” programme working with young mums and young mums to be.
Jackie Puzey
Position: E2E Essential Skills Co-ordinator
Joined: Nov-04
Email: jackie.puzey@htptraining.com
Jacky joined HTP after some years at the Isle of Wight College. In addition to delivering Essential Skills, Jacky has responsibility for organising them and producing portfolios in accordance with the Core Curriculum requirement.
James Barclay
Position: Business Development Consultant
Joined: Nov-06
Email: james.barclay@htptraining.com
James joined HTP following 8 years in a recruitment and business to business environment across the office, hospitality & industrial industries.
Jan Courtney
Position: Quality Support Manager
Joined: Jan-01
Email: janet.courtney@htptraining.com
Worked in a training environment for the past twelve years
Jan Wilson
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Nov-06
Email: jan.wilson@htptraining.com
Jan joined HTP as a Training Consultant following a varied career in Customer Service and Retail roles, Jan also is qualified to training Holistic Therapies.
Jo Smith
Position: Training Manager
Joined: May-05
Email: jo.smith@htptraining.com
Jo is a highly experienced assessor and verifier. Currently Jo is working at Albert Cottage Hotel working on the Hospitality Scholarship programmes.
John Elford
Position: Basic Skills Coordinator
Joined: Nov-04
Email: john.elford@htptraining.com
Joined joined HTP's E2E department after studying basic skills and counselling at the Isle of Wight College. As well as coordinating the basic skills for the company John works as the senior practitioner within the E2E department.
Julia Chiari
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Aug-06
Email: julia.chiari@htptraining.com
Julia is an experienced assessor and has occupational experience across a wide range of sectors.
Julian Thomas
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Aug-05
Email: julian.thomas@htptraining.com
Julian is the Senior E2E Training Consultant based in Ryde.  His role is to deliver Key Skills in Communication; Application of Number and ICT and also teaches Health and Safety Courses on behalf of the company.  With a background in Theology, before working with HTP, Julian worked for the church for nearly twenty years in various roles from social work to teaching.  
Karen Griffin
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Sep-05
Email: karen.griffin@htptraining.com
Karen joined HTP following 22 years in the catering industry. With this vast experience behind her, she is able to pass this knowledge on through her job role as a Training Consultant.
Karen Johnson
Position: Business Development Consultant
Joined: Nov-06
Email: karen.johnson@htptraining.com
Karen worked as the General Manager at Joe Daflo’s in Newport for 5 years before joining the Business Development Team at HTP. She is a qualified chef with 22 years experience in the hospitality trade.
Kat Young
Position: Business Development Consultant
Joined: Jul-07
Email: kat.young@htptraining.com
Kat works for HTP as a Business Administration and Customer Service Assessor. Kat was previously worked as on office Manager and has also completed her Advanced Apprenticeship in Business Administration with HTP.
Katrina Gilderthorp
Position: Hairdressing Training Consultant
Joined: Jan-07
Email: katrina.gilderthorp@htptraining.com
Katrina joined HTP with 12yrs of salon experience. Katrina started at junior level progressing through to managing a successful salon and has a wide knowledge of the industry and hairdressing assessing skills.
Katy Howell
Position: Administrator
Joined: Feb-07
Email: katy.howell@htptraining.com
On leaving school Katy started attending college to work towards a Business Administration Qualification, Katy soon felt as though she benefit from a more hands approach to learning rather than sitting in classroom environment at the college, therefore she joined HTP in February 2007 to undertake the same qualification under a work based learning route.
Lin Simmonds
Position: Senior Training Consultant
Joined: Jul-02
Email: lin.simmonds@htptraining.com
Lin joined HTP following 14 years at Yelfs Hotel, latterly as General Manager. Lin has a indepth knowledge of the the Hospitaility industry and now manages a team of training consultants across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Lisa Pilbeam
Position: Senior Training Consultant
Joined: Oct-02
Email: lisa.pilbeam@htptraining.com
Lisa co-ordinates the team of assessors from the occupational areas of Customer Service, Retail and Business Administration.She joined HTP following 8 years working with another Training Provider, ultimately managing their Isle of Wight office. Lisa gained her occupational competence working for a number of national retail and customer service organisations.     
Lonw Crockett
Position: Senior Training Consultant
Joined: Sep-06
Email: lonw.crockett@htptraining.com
Lonw is the Senior Training Consultant for Hampshire, West Sussex and Berkshire, has a wealth of experience in work based learning and is a qualified assessor and verifier.
Malcolm Randall
Position: Director
Joined: Apr-02
Email: malcolm.randall@htptraining.com
Malcolm joined the company from the Learning and Skills Council in April 2002 where he had been a contract manager. He has also worked in other aspects of Contract Management, recruitment and as a night club Disc Jockey. As Operations Director at HTP he has responsibility for Finanace and data, contract management and Equality of Opportunity.
Martin Outlaw
Position: Head of Finance
Joined: Jun-04
Email: martin.outlaw@htptraining.com
Martin joined HTP as Head of Finance, prior to that Martin worked for seven years for Wight Training & Enterprise and the Learning and Skills Council as a management accountant. Each body has been responsible for the funding of post 16 education.
Mavis Barry
Position: Chef Training Consultant
Joined: Sep-05
Email: mavis.barry@htptraining.com
Mavis joined HTP after 24 years as a chef in a wide range of establishments. She was Second Chef at Seaview Hotel for 4 years before becoming a chef assessor for HTP.
Nick Strudwick BA Hons
Position: Curriculum Development Manager
Joined: Jun-05
Email: nick.strudwickr@htptraining.com
Nick joined HTP in June 2005 on completion of 24 years service in the army. For his last 6 years of service Nick was involved in the design and delivery of logistics (catering) training, spending his final 2 years identifying the training requirement for the catering services across all 3 of the armed services. Nick now has responsibility for the identification and implementation of new training solutions across HTP
Nicki Neville
Position: E2E Training Manager
Joined: Jun-03
Email: nicki.neville@htptraining.com
Nicki is E2E Training Manager and looks after the contracts for both the Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Before HTP, Nicki worked in the Hospitality and Retail sectors as well a Finance collector.
Nikki Pakes
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Jun-05
Email: nikki.pakes@htptraining.com
Nikki joined HTP following 5 years as General Manager at Joe Daflo’s. In addition to a Training Consultant’s role, Nikki also tutor’s a number  of the courses delivered by HTP.
Paul Guy
Position: Senior Training Consultant
Joined: Jan-07
Email: paul.guy@htptraining.com
Paul has been in hairdressing for 22 years, including one year in the United States. Since 1993 Paul has managed his own salon and has been a skills assessor in hairdressing training. Paul now heads up the Hairdressing Division for HTP and still works commercially one day a week.
Paula Blondell
Position: Hospitality Training Consultant
Joined: Apr-07
Email: paula.blondell@htptraining.com
Paula joined HTP following 24 years working in hotels, mainly in London, moving to the Island in 2003. Paula has worked in Housekeeping and Front Office Management, with varied experience in Front of House areas.
Penny Parsons
Position: Administration and Data Manager
Joined: Jul-04
Email: penny.parsons@htptraining.com
Penny joined HTP following 3 years with Mansell Contruction Services Ltd working as the Office Manager. Penny is responsible for ensuring HTP delivers accurate information to the Learning and Skills Council relating to the contracts we deliver on their behalf as well as looking after many of the day to day finance activities.
Peter Johnson
Position: Hospitality Training Consultant
Joined: Apr-07
Email: peter.johnson@htptraining.com
Peter joined HTP following 11 years with The Trouville Hotel in Sandown and The Shanklin Hotel in Shanklin, which are sister hotels where I trained from a part time waiter through to Manager of both hotels. I trained with HCTC then HTP completing my NVQ’s which helped me achieve my position at the hotels. I had a short break from the hotels in 2002 for 6 months where I did agency work which included working at Nigel Mansell’s hotel in Devon and then as Assistant Manager at TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay.
Rachael Fidler
Position: Managing Director
Joined: Feb-00
Email: rachael.fidler@htptraining.com
Rachael is Managing Director of HTP and oversees all aspeccts of the companies strategic development and operational training quality. She is the Chair of the south East region of the Association of Learning Providers and sits on a number of committees and groups representing Work Based Learning and the Hospitality Training industry.
Sallyanne Farley
Position: E2E Training Consultant
Joined: Sep-06
Email: sallyanne.farley@htptraining.com
Sally is a Training Consultant in E2E based in Ryde. She got involved in coaching young people in 2002 when she started work for Brickfields as a riding Instructor. Before moving to the Isle of Wight 2001 she worked at BMW (GB) in the Head Office in Bracknell as a Central Services Manager responsible for a team of 13 receptionist’s, switchboard and post room staff.
Sam Newnham
Position: Administrator
Joined: Feb-06
Email: sam.newnham@htptraining.com
Sam joined HTP after gaining his A-Levels at school. Sam is the E2E central administrator for the Ryde office and is currently working on his Advanced Apprenticeship in Business Administration.  
Sharon Wheeler
Position: CoVE Business Development Manager
Joined: Jun-03
Email: sharon.wheeler@htptraining.com
Sharon joined HTP after relocating to the island in 2003. Prior to this she worked in the role of assessor and verifier for two different mainland based training providers and before this she worked for 18 years within the Hospitality and Customer Service industries. Sharon's current role is within the Business Development Team where she links with employers helping them to identify training needs and advising them of relevant courses available to them.
Simon Attrill
Position: Business Development Manager
Joined: Jun-04
Email: simon.attrill@htptraining.com
Simon joined HTP following 9 years with Isle of Wight Radio working in a Business to Business environment. In addition to his Business Development role, Simon has responsibilities for Marketing within the company.
Sonia Nobes
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Mar-07
Email: sonia.nobes@htptraining.com
Sonia Nobes is a Training Consultant for E2E working on the Generations Programme in Newport. Before this Sonia worked as a Practitioner at a Pre-School for 9 years during which time she maintained training for children up to the age of 9 years.
Sophia Hellyer
Position: Administrator
Joined: Dec-06
Email: sophia.hellyer@htptraining.com
Sophia joined HTP in December 2006 as a Business and Administration Apprentice. Her role involves general administration support to the training consultants and business development team and is based at Head Office.
Sue Bradbury
Position: Training Consultant
Joined: Sep-05
Email: sue.bradbury@htptraining.com
Sue joined HTP with over 10 years experience working with Young People. Sue has studied for and gained her Certificate in Education and now has responsibility for HTP centre in Lymington as Centre Manager.
Sue Meredith
Position: E2E Training Consultant
Joined: Oct-06
Email: sue.meredith@htptraining.com
Sue re-joined the Company as a Training Consultant on the Going Places Programme for young people who either have offended or who are at risk of offending.  Sue was previously a Team Leader with the Princes Trust Volunteers and worked as an Independent Advocate for Looked After Children with the IW Youth Trust.
Tom Benkjer
Position: Development Advisor
Joined: Apr-07
Email: tom.benkjer@htptraining.com
Tom joined HTP from St John Ambulance where he worked as a Project Manager and Commercial Trainer. With over 25 years experience of post 16 training and its administration, in a wide variety of vocational, technical and academic areas, Tom is responsible to HTP`s Curriculum Development Manager for training development support.
Tracey Linington
Position: Administrator
Joined: Oct-02
Email: tracey.linington@htptraining.com
Tracey Joined HTP on the e2e programme formerly known as Lifeskills and started working experience as a Receptionist / Administrator at the head office which progressed to full time employment. In the 4 _ years that followed, Tracey successfully completed Level 2 and Level 3 NVQ in Customer Service.
Tracey Randle-Jolliffe
Position: Administrator
Joined: Nov-05
Email: tracey.randle-jolliffe@htptraining.com
Tracey is the Administrator for the Going Places Programme
Vicki Bonnett
Position: Director
Joined: Oct-05
Email: vicki.bonnett@htptraining.com
Vicki was invited to join the organisation as a Director with specific responsibility for training in October 2005 having previously worked with HTP as an independent Management and Training consultant. Vicki is responsible for developing the range of training HTP offers in response to labour market intelligence regarding the needs of employers, individuals and government national and regional strategies.