Chris Jones is Group Chief Executive of the City & Guilds Group. The Group – which includes City & Guilds, ILM, Kineo, The Oxford Group, Digitalme, e3Learning and Gen2– exists to help people, organisations and economies develop their skills for growth, and sets the standards for corporate learning, on-the-job development and skills recognition.

Chris plays a prominent role in driving the national and international skills agenda – something he has personal experience of as he followed the vocational education path himself. He is a member of the Business in the Community Employment and Skills Leadership team and Chairman at the Activate Learning Group.

Before joining the City & Guilds Group, Chris held several senior management positions in Pearson and Reed Elsevier.