Our governance
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-03)

The Ofqual board is the legal authority responsible for the regulation of qualifications, examinations and assessments.

The board provides leadership and direction, setting our strategic aims, values and standards. Its work is governed by the Ofqual Governance Framework (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e4d8eddadf7616351e4eb5/Ofqual_governance_framework_Oct_2025.pdf) (PDF, 602 KB, 69 pages), first adopted on 1 April 2010 and last revised in October 2025.

Board members

Members of the board are:
- Dr Susan Tranter, Chair, CEO and accounting officer of EdAct
- Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, Chief Regulator
- Susan Barratt, former audit partner at Deloitte
- Hardip Begol CBE, non-executive director, Oak National Academy, trustee, Education Policy Institute, and member of the Strategic Advisory Board, Observatory for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham.
- Mark Farrar, former CEO of the Association of Accounting Technicians and previously CEO of the Construction Industry Training Board
- Kurt Hintz, Interim Principal and CEO, Petroc, director of Fortis Education Consulting Ltd, Chair of Governors at Ark All Saints Academy
- Cindy Leslie, trustee/non-executive director/Chair of Audit Committee, Birbeck College, University of London
- Dr Catherine McClellan, owner and Principal Scientist, Clowder Consulting, and member of the Measurement Advisory Group, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
- Chris Paterson, Director of Impact at the Education Endowment Foundation
- Clare Pelham, Chief Executive of the Epilepsy Society, non-executive governor of Birmingham City University, and director of Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership
- Andrea Rigamonti, member of the Board and of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee of Middlesex University London, former Group Chief Financial Officer and director of Videndum plc, member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Conor Ryan, board member of Oak National Academy, trustee and chair of the Education and Standards Committee of Futura Learning Partnership, and observer and former trustee of National Foundation for Educational Research
- Matt Tee, independent consultant
Executive

The executive directors are:
- Michael Hanton, Deputy Chief Regulator
- David Bowden, Executive Director, Finance and Operations
- Tom Bramley, Executive Director, Research and Analysis
- Daniel Gutteridge, General Counsel
- Catherine Large OBE, Executive Director, Policy
- Dr Ian Stockford, Executive Director, Standards
- Amanda Swann, Executive Director, Delivery
- Matt Trimmer, Executive Director, Strategy
Board meetings
- 2025 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2025)
- 2024 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2024)
- 2023 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2023)
- 2022 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2022)
- 2021 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2021)
- 2020 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2020)
- 2019 board minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-board-minutes-for-2019)
Previous board papers available at the national archives (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200304125748/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofqual/about/our-governance)