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Robert Townsend

Robert is a qualified accountant with over 30 years’ experience in commercial financial roles, covering retail, manufacturing and hospitality, based in London, Belgium and the south coast and for the last 20 years in Cornwall. He has three children in education and has held governor roles in primary and secondary schools. He is a reluctant part-time runner and enthusiastic petrol head.

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Ramon Van de Velde. Governor at Truro and Penwith College

Ramon Van de Velde

Member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
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Katie Ashworth, governor at Truro & Penwith College.

Katie Ashworth

Member of Employment & Business Policy Committee and Investment Panel
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Linda Batchelor, governor at Truro and Penwith College.

Linda Batchelor

Safeguarding Lead Governor, Member of Employment & Business Policy Committee, Audit Committee, Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee and Chair of Remuneration Committee
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Truro College

Tel: 01872 305000
Email: enquiry@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Truro College,
College Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3XX
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Penwith College

Tel: 01736 809000
Email: penwithenquiries@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Penwith College,
St Clare Street, Penzance,
Cornwall, TR18 2SA
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STEM & Health Skills Centre

Tel: 01208 224455
Email: enquiry@truro-penwith.ac.uk

STEM & Health Skills Centre,
Ottery Building, Old Callywith Road, Bodmin, PL31 2GU
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University Centre

Tel: 01872 305750
Email: heenquiry@truro-penwith.ac.uk

University Centre Truro & Penwith,
Fal Building, College Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3XX
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Future Skills Institute

Tel: 01872 308000
Email: futureskills@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Truro & Penwith College,
College Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3XX
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