Peter Lauener

Peter Lauener was appointed as CITB Chairman in May 2018. Peter joined CITB with a wealth of experience in the education and skills sectors, having previously held the roles of Chief Executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, interim Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships, and interim Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company.

Along with his work on the CITB Board, Peter currently holds a number of non-executive roles in the education, skills and health sectors. Since March 2020, Peter has been Chair of the Student Loans Company (SLC), a Government-owned non-profit-making company, which is also an executive non-departmental public body. This organisation administers loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK.

Peter continues in his role as Chair of Newcastle College Group, a corporation in the Further Education sector comprising a group of seven colleges across England, a position he has held since March 2018. He is also the Chair of Orchard Hill College, which is an independent special needs college based in Sutton, with sites across London and the South East. This college is a sponsor of a special needs academy trust with a number of academies in the same area.

In addition to his interests in the education and skills sector, Peter also has an interest in the health sector as a Non-Executive Director of Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, one of a small number of specialist children’s trusts in the NHS, providing clinical and community services.