Michelle has worked in Further and Higher Education Training for nearly 22 years. She has worked alongside employers and students from the Private, Public and Third Sector across levels 2-7. Prior to this, Michelle was a Marketing Manager, Account Manager and a Total Quality Trainer for a French International Automotive Manufacturing Company.

Michelle is also a highly respected Associate member of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), resulting in becoming a Lead IQA for CMI and a Higher Education Mapper for level 5-7 qualifications. She is a Chartered Fellow with the CMI which enables her to support managers through a fast track exemption route for Chartered Manager status.

• 2 CMI Students of the Year 2016/2017
• 2 Highly Commended students 2017
• 5 Highly Commended students 2016
• 1 Adult Learner of the Year 2017
• 2 Business Students of the Year 2016/2017
• International Marketing Student of the Year

“I very much feel that my role as a teacher is a vocation, a calling, and every day I feel privileged to have been entrusted with the responsibility of helping to nurture and develop the managers and leaders of the future. I strongly believe that the culture, values and inspirational leadership curriculum at Bridgend College enables learners to be all that they can be.”