Kim Thorneywork
Kim is a chemistry graduate and began her career as a science teacher in Walsall. Her last teaching post was as a Deputy Headteacher in a Technology College.
In 2003, she entered Local Government as a School Improvement Inspector, and is an Ofsted Accredited Inspector.
In 2006, Kim joined the Learning and Skills Council as Area Director for Coventry and Warwickshire.
At the launch of the Skills Funding Agency she became Senior Account Director for the West Midlands, with a portfolio of 33 FE colleges and over 160 training organisations; accountable for both the adult skills budget, including Apprenticeship funding, allocated to these organisations and West Midlands European Social Funding.
In May 2011, she was appointed to the post of Executive Director of Delivery, and in this post leads the Skills Funding Agency work on funding policy, investment and provider performance.
