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Your speakers for TPAC 2026
We're delighted to introduce a range great speakers from across the assessment profession to share their experience with you. We have a few returning faces and plenty of new voices to keep things fresh.
Paula
Wilcock
Director of Quality and Standards
ICAS
Paula is a senior leader in qualifications, assessment and regulation with over twenty‑five years’ experience across education, professional bodies and awarding organisations in the UK and internationally. At ICAS, Paula is responsible for quality and standards across the Chartered Accountant qualification and associated pathways, including regulatory compliance and governance, policies, and acts as the Ofqual Responsible Officer. Her work is grounded in a strong commitment to fairness, educational justice and ensuring learners have access to valid, reliable and recognised outcomes that support progression and opportunity.
Venetia
Knight
Head of Professional Services
CIH
Venetia is Head of Professional Services at the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), where she leads regulated qualifications, apprenticeship end-point assessments and professional standards for the housing sector. As Regulatory Responsible Officer, she oversees compliance, quality assurance, and governance frameworks. With more than 20 years’ experience across awarding organisations and vocational education, Venetia has held senior roles at City & Guilds and the National Federation of Property Professionals, specialising in professional standards, audit, assurance, and stakeholder engagement.
Geoff Chapman
Senior Consultant and Board Advisor
www.geoffchapman.com
Geoff consults for global exam owners, solution companies, and the investment community.
Solving three decades worth of assessment challenges across multiple sectors, he also successfully founded and exited three education businesses.
Geoff will share specific insights on how procurement in assessment has radically changed across people, process and technology.
He shares free resources on worldwide assessment issues at https://www.geoffchapman.com/examowners.
Russell
Ampofo
Director of Education, Training & Examinations Royal College of Anaesthetists
Russell is responsible for developing and delivering the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ education, training and examination strategy in the UK and overseas. Prior to the College, Russell worked at Public Health England, the Faculty of Public Health and Edexcel (Pearson) Education. In these roles, he had varied responsibilities including training, developing curricula, workforce development, examinations, national recruitment and quality.
Amanda Boustred
FCMI, FIOD
Founder CEO Minerva Consulting Services Ltd
www.minervaconsutlingservices.co.uk
Amanda is the Founder CEO of a consultancy specialising in strategic support for Professional Bodies and Awarding Organisations. Her focus includes strategy development, membership and qualification growth, and international expansion.
With more than 25 years of experience of working with Chartered Professional Bodies and Awarding Organisations, Amanda possesses extensive expertise in organisational design, strategic planning, professional standards, regulated qualifications, membership value propositions, international development, and regulatory compliance.
Graham
Hudson
Chair
e-Assessment Association
Graham Hudson is a long‑standing leader in the educational assessment sector. At the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, he oversaw marking and data collection for Key Stage tests and led a UK‑wide programme on emerging assessment technologies, securing significant HM Treasury investment.
He later helped deliver one of the first large‑scale implementations of live marking from scanned scripts at DRS Data Services.
Graham now runs a consultancy advising UK and international organisations on assessment technology and strategic change. He is Chair of the e‑Assessment Association and serves on the IoD Assessment Committee, the Diocese of Guildford Board of Education, and the Board of Qualifications Wales. He is a Fellow of the RSA and AEA‑Europe.
Sundus
Ahmad
Senior Project Manager
AQA
Sundus currently leads the delivery of the International Early Learning Study 2024 and the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Examination.
Experience spans assessment creation, continuous improvement, trialing and quality assurance, working with clients including the Department for Education, NHS regulators, professional councils and universities.
Previously at the General Medical Council, Sundus led PLAB 2 content development and supported pandemic-era redesign, delivery, analysis and training.
Victoria
Winkler
Standards and Professional Development Director
CIPD
Victoria is the CIPD’s Director of Standards and Professional Development. She is responsible for both the design and development of the CIPD’s professional standards, assessment and qualifications strategy. She also leads the CIPD’s work as an awarding organisation.
Victoria joined the CIPD in 2003, initially leading research in the field of learning, development and talent management. Before this she held a number of roles across the charity and publishing sectors, with a focus on learning and professional skills development.
Victoria is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.
Stuart
Copus
Assistant Director of Examinations
RCGP
Stuart has worked in assessment for more than 25 years, including the last six years leading the team responsible for delivering the RCGP licensing examinations for general practitioners.
These high-stakes assessments play a critical role in ensuring that GPs entering independent practice in the UK meet the highest professional standards.
Stuart has a particular interest in fairness, quality, and the future of assessment, especially as examinations continue to evolve in response to rapid technological change.
In the world of high-stakes assessment, no two days are ever quite the same.
Vanessa
Aradia
Head of Learning and Development
ICB
Vanessa Aradia is Head of Learning and Development at the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), where she leads learning strategy, qualification development, and future-focused capability work across bookkeeping, payroll, and professional education.
She also leads ICB’s AI Academy, supporting professionals to use AI safely, ethically, and practically. Her background spans accountancy, payroll, assessment, learning and development, and AI leadership.
The TPAC
Audience
A room full of experts
TPAC features curated panels of experts across a range of topics, but we value the wealth of knowledge and experience that make up the conference audience.
Bring your questions, challenge the narrative and engage with the discussion, whether that's on the stage, in the lunch queue, or with the new friends you'll meet around the tables.
More Coming Soon!
We have a number of other great speakers that are excited to join us for the 2026 Professional Assessment Conference.
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