Who's Who at Filton?

Kevin Hamblin
Kevin Hamblin
Principal and Chief Executive

Kevin Hamblin was appointed Principal and Chief Executive of Filton College in December 2002. Born in Nottingham, he left school at 16 and undertook a Mining Engineering Apprenticeship with British Coal before becoming a Colliery Training Officer. In 1989, he started a BA (honours) degree in Business at Wolverhampton Business School whilst being a sponsored student and working with BAA Gatwick Airport Limited personnel and training department. On completion of the degree, he worked as commercial manager then commercial director of a private training company before becoming Head of Open Learning at Swindon College in 1997. This led to a role as Head of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering at Swindon before becoming Vice Principal at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire in 1999.

   

Don Smith
Don Smith
Assistant Principal (Cross Curriculum & Quality)

 
   

Vicky Johnstone
Vicky Johnstone
Assistant Principal (Business and Finance)

 

   

Jane Thomas
Jane Thomas
Assistant Prinicipal (Corporate Development)

 
   

Seamus Thurlow
Seamus Thurlow
Executive Director Strategic Planning

 

   

Chris Bradley
Chris Bradley
Director of Human Resources

 
   

Chris Newman
Chris Newman
Director of Student Services

 

   

Rob Taylor
Rob Taylor
Director of Initiatives and ILT

 
   

Sara-Jane Watkins
Sara-Jane Watkins
Director of Corporate Planning