David Grailey has more than 30 years’ experience in the
For the last 20 years David Grailey has led two commercially successful qualification businesses. For the last 13 years he was chief executive of NCFE, one of the
While at Newcastle upon Tyne-based NCFE he and his team grew the number of student registrations from 75,000 to more than 616,000. The business was listed in The Times Top 100 Companies to Work For nine times, while significantly increasing profits and turnover. He led the significant investment into setting up an apprenticeship End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) which delivered more than 7,500 assessments in its first full year in operation.
Before this, David Grailey was chief executive of Food & Drink Qualifications, the qualifications organisation for the food and drink manufacturing sector. Previously he held a number of education and skills appointments, including at University College Salford. A former butchery apprentice himself, he went on to obtain an MSc from
He said, "I am delighted to be joining the AMTC team and the wider MTC team. I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues to build on their success and reputation and find new and innovative ways of reaching greater heights.
"Leading and growing an important educational business such as the AMTC is a great opportunity to help more apprentices and existing manufacturers achieve higher skill levels, equipping them to be trailblazing for
The AMTC is making a significant contribution towards closing the skills gap that threatens the
This year, the centre will recruit hundreds of new apprentices on behalf of some of the
As well as the foundational engineering skills they will need to succeed today, the apprentices are exposed to the latest technical innovations in future skills areas such as intelligent automation, metrology and advanced manufacturing. They develop their skills through a combination of formalised in-centre training and on-the-job training as they work onsite for their employers.