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 Tech Industry Gold training programmes. She has many years experience in large scale programme management, skills development projects, and stakeholder relationship management.
Julia Bateson
Sales & Partnerships: Degree Apprenticeships
Julia works with all stakeholders and partners to support outstanding delivery of our 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.
Sue Stevens
Senior Client Services Manager: Student Experience & Accreditation
Sue is responsible for managing our client student experience and accreditation services. She has had a number of roles in the tech industry working at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and latterly at Compaq Computers Ltd in software and graduate recruitment.
Olivia Cassar
Client Services Manager: Credentials
Olivia is a member of the marketing team, leading on the delivery of digital credentials. She graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing.