Mark Sargeant, Business Development Director

Mark leads the company’s business development, marketing and partnership teams. Since joining Prevista from a large prime contractor in 2011, Mark has been instrumental in Prevista winning over £40m worth of new business through the development of successful bids, building strong stakeholder links across London and forming the Prevista Partnership Network which now has 300+ grassroots providers.

With his role now expanded to encompass social media and marketing, Mark is instrumental in developing the Prevista brand across the London skills, enterprise, NEET and employment landscapes.

James Clements Smith, Managing Director

James joined Prevista in 2003 and became Managing Director in 2004. He was instrumental in developing Prevista’s current offer of joined up services in enterprise, skills, employability and youth programmes.

During his 30 year career James has directed hundreds of government funded programmes supporting marginalised communities and people. He has been a Director of London East Training and Enterprise Council; London East Connexions Partnership and the Big Issue in Scotland.

In 2008, James led a management buyout of Prevista and became the majority shareholder in the company.

Alison Raphael, Head of HR & Lead Auditor

Alison manages Prevista’s Human Resources function, taking responsibility for recruitment, learning & development and performance management. In addition, as a qualified Auditor, Alison oversees due diligence of subcontractors, internal & external compliance and monitoring & implementation of audit actions.

Alison has worked for Prevista for over 10 years in a variety of management roles incorporating HR, quality, claims and compliance.

Alison has a CIPD Diploma in HR Management Level 5, and is CQI certified in ISO9001 & ISO27001

Karly Lattimore, Head of Skills & Quality

Karly has overall responsibility for quality across all Prevista contracts, internally and across our supply chains.

Karly works closely with all delivery teams, leading continuous improvement standards of teaching, learning and assessment, ensuring that all participants in a Prevista programme have a valuable and meaningful learning journey.

Since joining Prevista in 2011, Karly has been instrumental in Prevista achieving and maintaining Ofsted Grade 2, Matrix accreditation, the Merlin Standard and Awarding Body status.

Gayane Ghazaryan, Head of Employer Engagement

Gayane manages Prevista’s employer engagement function. Leading our team of high experienced Employer Engagement Managers, Gayane’s key role is to build lasting relationships with employers.

Gayane joined Prevista in 2015 and has extensive experience assessing and delivering qualifications, engaging small and large employers in growth sectors, project management, sales, marketing and event management. She has also taught Advanced Professional Development to MBA students.

Salik Miah, Head of Operations

Salik leads Prevista’s team of Performance Managers and MI & Claims Officers and is responsible for performance management of all external delivery.

Salik has 13 years’ experience working on skills, employment and enterprise contracts. Since joining Prevista in January 2012 Salik has been instrumental in strengthening Prevista’s management information, claims, compliance and control systems and has championed the use of intelligent data to drive performance across the business.

Ola Fagunwa, Head of Finance & ICT

Ola manages Prevista’s finance and ICT teams and is responsible for financial planning, management and control of all Prevista’s government funded projects.

A chartered accountant and member of ACCA, Ola has previously worked for a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations in senior finance roles.

Raymond Gray, Executive Director (Operations)

Raymond Gray is Prevista’s  Executive Director for Operations, joining in January 2017 from a leading Prime Contractor where he worked for seven years in a variety of senior roles. An integral part of the Senior Management Team, Ray’s remit is to support the growth of the business through excellent operational performance across our array of skills and employment contracts.

Ray has worked in Skills and Employability for 13 years leading on operational management, contract implementation, quality improvement and external inspection including Ofsted, IIP, Matrix, and ESF; he also worked in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions to develop and implement the Merlin Standard.