Dr Fiona Aldridge
CEO, Skills Federation (FISSS)
Fiona is CEO at Skills Federation (aka FISSS), the voice of employer-led sector skills bodies and Non-Executive Director at Youth Futures Foundation, the What Works Centre for youth employment. She has more than 25 years’ experience of developing and implementing evidence-based policies and programmes across 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 Research at Learning and Work Institute.
