Kay Dickinson

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Kay Dickinson

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Kay is currently Vice-Chair of South Yorkshire Housing Association and Treasurer of VAS. She was Vice-Chair at Barnsley College and a member of the Group Business and Assurance Committee at Yorkshire Housing until 2024 and Chair of Arches Housing until 2023.

Prior to taking early retirement she spent five years as an Executive Director for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), working with employers across all sectors of the economy. As a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants her background is in finance. However over her career in the private and public sectors she has developed a wide range of expertise which includes strategy development and planning; managing organisational performance and delivery; change management; and corporate governance and internal control.

Before joining UKCES Kay worked for organisations such the Sector Skills Development Agency, Department of Health, NHS Trent Regional Health Authority, Ptarmigan Holdings PLC, Wigfalls PLC and Yorkshire Electricity Board.