Stephanie Whalley
Contracts and Quality Director, Training 2000 Ltd
Stephanie Whalley is currently the contracts and quality director of Training 2000, the largest and leading Group Training Association in England, where she has worked for the last 18 years. Stephanie has a wealth of experience in the learning and skills sector and has been involved in WBL in the North West at a senior level for 30 years.
Stephanie started her career working for the Jobcentre and moved on from there into the Manpower Services Commission and its many successors. Stephanie played a leading role in the development of the East Lancashire Training and Enterprise Council and following the set up project worked there for three years as the WBL manager. Stephanie has had experience as both a commissioner and a deliverer and is very conversant with the opportunities and challenges which face the sector at both strategic and operational level. As a practitioner Stephanie has a good working knowledge of the many strengths which WBL providers have collectively and of their issues.
Stephanie is a strong advocate for collaborative partnerships and as a quality champion she is very passionate about the quality improvement agenda. Stephanie is a board member of the Lancashire Work Based Learning Executive Forum and chairs the very active Quality sub group. Stephanie represents Lancashire regionally on quality issues and is the voice of work based learning providers on Lancashire’s 14-19 strategic partnership.