Mark Haysom (born 1953) is a British former management executive.

Early life and education

Born in

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

, Kent, Haysom was educated at

Hazelwood School Hazelwood School is a private preparatory school located in Limpsfield, Surrey. The school was established in 1890 as a boarding school for boys aged 8–13 by Ruth and Edward Baily. Baily bought the land from the Titsey Place estate a ...

, East Grinstead Grammar School (now Imberhorne School) and the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

where he read English.

Management executive career

Haysom trained as a journalist and edited weekly newspapers in the north of England. He worked in a variety of management roles at Reed International, Thomson Regional Newspapers and Trinity Mirror. In 2003 Haysom was appointed as Chief Executive of the

Learning and Skills Council The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in England. It closed on 31 Marc ...

(LSC). In 2005 he was awarded an

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from

Leicester University , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

for his contribution to business. In 2008 he was awarded a

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for services to education and training. He resigned from the LSC in March 2009 following the suspension and crisis surrounding the LSC's "Building Colleges for the Future programme.

Author

Haysom is an author of several short stories and novels including "Love, Love Me Do" (2014) and "Imagine" (2015).

Sources

Honorary Degree Oration

CBE announcement

Times Higher articleAssociation of Colleges speechWho Cleans Up In Schools?Mark Haysom's appearance before IUS Select CommitteeThey took a bullet for the bossSt Giles Trust

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haysom, Mark 1953 births Living people People educated at Hazelwood School British businesspeople Alumni of the University of Leicester Commanders of the Order of the British Empire