TechSkills Team
Meet the team below. For general enquiries, email us at [email protected].
Kelly Nicholls
CEO, TechSkills
Kelly brings to the organisation extensive experience in senior leadership roles. Earlier in her career, she founded and ran a successful small company in the creative sector for many years and has experience as a Trustee of an educational charity. Kelly’s vision is for TechSkills to increase its reach and impact to more learners and for the business to play an integral role in creating pathways to digital careers and providing the industry with the talent they desperately need.
Margaret Sambell
Client Services Director and Head of Services Development
Margaret leads on offering development, external communications and business planning for TechSkills. Her earlier career was in IBM in software, global new ventures and new markets development.
Sarah McLoughlin-Abrahams
Head of Client Services Delivery & Projects
Sarah is responsible for client services delivery and managing projects. She has many years experience in large scale programme management, skills development projects, and stakeholder relationship management.
Julia Bateson
Head of Degrees and Apprenticeships
Julia works with all stakeholders and partners to support outstanding delivery of our Degrees and Degree Apprenticeships. Julia has worked in the education, apprenticeships, social enterprise and professional football sectors and was previously an apprenticeship training manager for the Royal borough of Greenwich, and CEO and co-founder of the award-winning online safety charity, TechSafe.
Dave Faulkner
Head of Training Programmes and Employer Engagement
Dave has a passion for technology and education and has joined TechSkills as the Head of Training Programmes and Employer Engagement. He is responsible for growing the adoption of Tech Industry Gold accreditation in professional training programmes throughout the UK, as well as building our network of tech companies and ensuring that employers gain maximum value from their relationships with TechSkills.
Prior to joining TechSkills, Dave spent over a decade working for various software companies in business development roles, specialising in higher education across northern Europe.
Olivia Cassar
Student Services Manager
Olivia is responsible for managing our student experience delivery and credentials rollout. She graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing.