Non Executive Board Member
John Kemp was previously a director of the Scottish Funding Council, the body responsible for funding universities and colleges. During his 20 years at the Council, his roles included responsibility for outcome agreements with colleges and universities; leading a programme of college mergers; interim chief executive between 2016 and 2018; and a secondment to the University of the Highlands and Islands for two years from 2019 to 2021. Before that he had been a councillor and had worked in publishing. He brings extensive experience of linking investment and outcomes in the public sector and knowledge of the education system that supports people into NHS careers.