Local Review Board

Policy Manager – Head of Domestic Competitiveness, CBI

Mark was part of the original team that set up UTC Leeds, working with key regional industry leaders to establish an approach that prepared young people for careers in manufacturing, engineering and technology.

Mark leads the Confederation of British Industry’s national policy team covering UK Competitiveness, advising government on business sentiment and the state of the UK economy.

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Bio coming soon. 

Dr Rosemary (Roz) Wyatt-Millington joined the governing body of UTC Leeds because of her personal & professional experience in supporting children and young adults with additional needs. She has considerable experience in supporting students in Higher Education, particularly those who are neurodiverse. Roz is the adoptive mother of a child who is autistic and has ADHD and grew up with her younger brother who is also autistic with ADHD.

Roz is well versed in safeguarding round children due to be a long-standing leader in Girlguiding (since she turned 18) and a Cub Scout leader as well as formerly being a governor at Beckfoot School in Bingley, and the training she had with being approved as an adopter. Currently she is the link members for SEN and safeguarding on the review board.

The fact that Roz is also an electronic & electrical engineering lecturer and a chartered engineer is a bonus for the UTC. She is experienced in developing Higher Education curriculum and teaching degree apprentices, as well as doing outreach into schools both generally and as a female engineer.

Roz is involved with knowledge transfer partnerships at Leeds Beckett bringing research to real-life challenges and helping drive innovation with local companies.

Having spent over 30 years in teaching at differing levels of responsibility, Mark decided to step back and is now employed as Engineering Technician at UTC Leeds, which he finds a very fulfilling role in supporting both students and staff.

Prior to entering teaching in 1989, Mark worked in engineering, developing systems for different users.

Mark is a firm believer in the need for students in Engineering industries, to help develop and improve facilities and our place in the world market. UTC offers the environment for students to realise their potential and choose further education paths and employment routes.

Jack Lonsdale, Senior Data Analyst, Stantec 

A Chartered Scientist and Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, Jack is a leading figure in driving digital transformation across the regulated UK water industry. Jack, as part of the digital services team at engineering consultancy Stantec, is passionate about leveraging technology, innovation, and efficiency to drive positive outcomes for Water and Sewerage Undertakers and the communities they serve across the national landscape.

Alongside this, Jack is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) professionals within his role as UK STEM Coordinator at Stantec. He manages a national team of over 30 STEM Leaders, partnering with Engineering UK to shape effective and meaningful engagement and focusing on creating positive social mobility.

Andrew Sleigh, University of Leeds

Professor Andy Sleigh is a professor of Environmental Modelling at the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds.  Andy represents the University as a founding member of to the group that originally set up the UTC Leeds. He has considerable experience in the development of HE curriculum and can advise on the requirements of STEM teaching in schools as preparation for the HE environment.

Andy's research is in numerical simulation and modelling of environmental fluids flows. In particular he has worked on the transport of water and airborne pathogens and design of infection prevention measures.

Managing Director, Wordsmiths

Wordsmiths managing director and chief wordsmith, Louise has been crafting narratives for 20+ years. She’s one of very few chartered public relations practitioners in the world.

Telling stories is baked into her DNA after a decade working in public relations, where the success factor for a story isn’t your own judgement, but that of a journalist who decides to print it.

Transferring these skills to her own business in 2011, Louise has helped companies from SMEs to PLCs tell their stories. She’s written winning award entries for uSwitch, Yorkshire Water, a mobile phone network, local authorities, NHS Trusts, one of the UK’s largest and oldest construction companies, and one of the world’s largest outsourcers.