Fintan Donohue

Principal and Chief Executive, North Hertfordshire College

Fintan Donohue is principal of North Hertfordshire College. North Hertfordshire College has just opened a new vocational skills centre for engineering and construction industries. A new campus for Creative and Cultural Sports and Health sector is planned for 2011. In his role as AoC Skills Champion for Creative and Cultural Industries Fintan has built strong and profitable links with industry and Sector Skills Councils.  He has won awards for community empowerment and has worked with the Centre of Excellence in Leadership to break new ground in the personalisation of leadership. 

Fintan was deputy principal at Barnfield College in the period when the college achieved Beacon status and secured six Centres of Vocational Excellence. A strong focus on standards and a drive for quality improvement is at the core of his approach to organisation development. He believes that colleges will be pivotal to the recovery of the UK economy and expects a progressive and dynamic LSIS to develop the new strategies that will make a difference.

He has worked extensively in the private sector and has a reputation for innovation and enterprise. 

 Fintan Donohue
Principal and Chief Executive

North Hertfordshire College