Declan Swan

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The Institute for Education Business Excellence is the professional body dedicated to promoting the highest possible standards for all those engaged in education business partnership activity. The IEBE brings together brokers, educationalists and employers to drive quality partnerships and create real opportunities for young learners to develop the skills they need for a successful adult life.

Chief Executive

Declan Swan represents IEBE Members on the DCSF's Employer Engagement Board; the National Employer Taskforce's Partnership Board and QCA's Diploma Advisory Panel. He is also a Board member of YCUK.

Previously, Declan was Chief Executive the National EBP Network, Chief Executive of Welcome Skills Ltd (an international learning broker), Chief Executive Elect of the Sector Skills Council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism, and Director of the hospitality industry's National Training Organisation.

He holds a BSc in Management from Trinity College Dublin, an MA in Social and Market Research from Westminster University, London and studied Strategic Planning at the Ashridge Management College.

Declan has undertaken a variety of charity work, including fundraising to refurbish and run a kitchen for homeless people in Fulham in 2003, and Work-Related Learning volunteering for Surrey EBP and Kent EBP. He is a Fellow of RSA, a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality and an Affiliate Member of the British Institute of Innkeeping.