CEO MONTHLY / Chairperson Awards 2022 12 Best Executive Education Chairperson 2022 (UK): Carole Carson With a vision of positively impacting the prospects of millions of children and young people, whilst creating a legacy in the communities it serves, the SCL Education Group is an organisation with an enormous scope and even bigger ambitions. The individual who stands at the helm of such an enterprise needs to be someone with an evident passion for helping others and the ability to achieve in a rapidly changing market. Carole Carson is precisely that, and more. anting to take her experience and knowledge to support more people on a larger scale and to have a positive impact, Carole Carson joined SCL Education Group as Chair in 2018. She brought an impressive CV, having truly started from the ground up and learned the ins and outs of what makes an enterprise successful through experiencing – and influencing – it at every level. Carole leads and supports SCL through its journey of delivering its business plan: to support young adults at the start of their careers and ensure they have the skills needed to help them to go further in life. As well as the Group’s dedicated contributions to supporting the communities it is involved with and fuelling the economy. The board quickly recognised these efforts and, by 2020, she was appointed as the Executive Chair. Her impact on the business’s development cannot be understated; under her leadership, working with the CEO and Executive team, SCL Education Group has assisted thousands of young people in their development through their school years and beyond. Established in 1999, and with 20+ years of experience working across the UK, SCL Education is an organisation with the goal of maximising the prospects of the UK’s children and young people and unlocking their potential. In that time, it has delivered Ofsted-regulated curricular and extracurricular activities that have positively affected the lives of thousands. Overall, SCL Education Group is a leading provider of education, apprenticeships, traineeships, adult education, childcare, sports coaching, and end-point assessments. The group is built of five organisations, each sharing a similar focus on physical activity and sport throughout all elements of the Group. In recognition of its marketleading status and the market’s needs for SCL’s specific brand of education provision, Carole is focused on increasing numbers across all business areas. This includes the Group’s further education learners for SCL Education and SCL Enigmaz, children aged four to twelve for SCL Active, apprentices for SCL Professional, and partnerships for its end-point assessment organisation, DNA Skills. The SCL Group is expanding into new markets through SCL Professional. Following a successful launch into the world of apprenticeships, it continues to offer both organisations and learners a unique customer experience whilst unlocking potential across the UK. Growing in size and scope whilst also boosting revenue are key focuses for the organisation, but all whilst delivering the excellence SCL’s brands are well-known for. Fortunately, Carole has a proven record of providing just that. Prior to SCL, she was the CEO of the private equity-backed firm, Babbington. Under her leadership, from 2011 to 2018, the Babington Group saw a tremendous transformation. Her growth-driving strategies turned the group from a £2 million turnover organisation to one with a turnover of £20 million. Her impressive history drew the SCL Education Group to her, and it has been an excellent match by looking into how they have performed since her appointment. SCL Education Group’s provisions within primary schools, further and higher education – as well as in work-based learning – have created opportunities for over 250,000 young people across the UK. On top of this, its activities have positively affected millions of children across the country. From after school and holiday clubs – with a different but equally enthusiastic focus on football clubs – to education entwined with sport and every possible support through apprenticeships and early career development; it is no understatement to highlight that Carole stands at the head of an ambitious organisation with a myriad of equally exciting projects in the works. A perfect example is one of the newer additions to the group, DNA Skills. Brought into the fold in 2019, DNA Skills marked the next step in the group’s apprenticeship work and a fresh initiative for Carole to work with the CEO that differed from SCL’s previous offerings. Sep22053 W
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