Fiona Aldridge

Fiona is the Chief Executive at Skills Federation, the voice of employer-led sector skills bodies. Alongside this role, she is also a Skills England Board Member; a Non-Executive Director at Youth Futures Foundation, the What Works Centre for youth employment; and a member of the Mayor of the West Midlands’ Council of Experts. She has more than 25 years' experience of developing and implementing evidence-based policies and programmes across lifelong learning, skills and employment. 

Prior to her current role, Fiona was Head of Insights and Intelligence at West Midlands Combined Authority, where she led the development of its Employment and Skills Strategy and on negotiations for the employment, skills and careers elements of the WMCA trailblazer devolution deal. She was previously Director of Policy and Research at Learning and Work Institute.