Mike Morris, Chairman

A First Class Honours graduate, in Mining Engineering, from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Mike completed the NCB

Allan Murray, Chief Executive

With almost 25 years of experience related to the glass and construction sectors, his experiences include contributing to the standards development process (including NOS development), Project Management, conducting the qualified Assessor, Internal Verifier and External Verifier roles related to the implementation of glass and engineering related national vocational qualifications and heading up the nationally approved Awarding Body, the Glass Qualifications Authority (GQA) since 1999.

He is a member of various glass and construction sector related national groups linked to the development and implementation of nationally recognised qualifications.

His original training and experience, which led to his M Sc qualification and Chartered Engineer status, was in Engineering.

Mick Clayton, Technical Officer / Lead External Verifier

With over 20 years experience in the glass industry, Mick joined GQA in 2005 to expand the Awarding Body function based in Sheffield. Mick

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Caroline Kershaw, Office Manager

Caroline is the Office Manager at GQA. In addition to managing the office, Caroline is also responsible for all aspects of invoicing and accounts control.

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Amanda Jennings, Systems Controller

Amanda Jennings (nee Roberts) has total responsibility for the GQA qualification database containing information and data relating to the thousands of individuals who have registered on, or achieved, GQA qualifications, etc.

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Peter Horsley, External Auditor

Peter has a wealth of sector quality experience and is the independent GQA BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality Representative. He also Chairs the GQA Quality Audit Committee.

Tom Steele, External Verifier

Tom Steele, with over twenty eight years glass related experience, has joined GQA as an External Verifier.

He holds assessor/verifier qualifications D32, D33, D34 and V2 and has been an assessor, internal verifier and centre co-ordinator prior to joining GQA.

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Alan Aspey, External Verifier

Alan Aspey M.A. , Chartered MCIPD originally came from an engineering background before joining the glass sector via Pilkington Glass Ltd. where he spent 27 years. He has worked in training and development for the last 15 years.

Alan worked closely with GQA, during his time with Pilkington, and joined them as an external verifier in 2004

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Brian O'Gorman, External Verifier

Brian O'Gorman is a GQA External Verifier, based in Northern Ireland, an accountant by profession, and previously managed his own Training company for some 10 years. The training and services his company provided, covered Construction, Retailing , Business Admin, and the Glass sector. As a result Brian is regarded as a valuable NI asset for GQA. He holds Assessor, Internal and External Verifier Awards, and other non Training associated qualifications.

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