The Secretariat
The secretariat of
the information authority prepares information for the board and ensures that decisions of board members are acted upon. We are working closely with the
Data Service in administering the specification and publication of standards.
The information authority secretariat:
- John Perks, Head of the information authority secretariat
- Anne Fessi, Community and Stakeholder Manager
- Peter Ashton, Quality and Standards Manager
- Paul Kelman, Stakeholder Engagement Manager
- Selvy Kasparis, Stakeholder Engagement Manager
- Fazia Saleem, Communication and Marketing Manager
- Anna Nathwani, Community Facilitator
- Lisa Macdougall, Data Specification Manager
- Anita Holcroft, Data Specification Developer
- Sarah Williams, Data Specification Co-ordinator
- Sharon King, Data Specification Co-ordinator
- Peter Millard, Standards Development Manager
- Rosie Coleman, Standards Development Advisor
- Richard Cookson, Data Quality and Improvement Manager
- David Matthews, PA to John Perks and Team Administrator
The duties of the secretariat are to:
- Assess new requests for data and balance need against burden before making recommendations to the information authority board.
- Receive representations from further education organisations on the practicality and workability of standards, collection and dissemination processes.
- Publish and promote all of the standards agreed by the information authority board.
- Support the information authority board in communicating decisions.
- Work with the Information Standards Board on common standards.
