Jennifer Coupland took up post as the Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in November 2019.  Her previous role was Director of Professional and Technical Education in the Department for Education (DfE) for three years, where she was responsible for T Level development and delivery, the L3 and below qualifications review and the Higher Technical Reforms.

Prior to that, Jennifer was Acting Chief Executive of the Standards and Testing Agency, where she oversaw the Agency’s work on primary school assessment policy and operational delivery.   She previously spent three years as the Deputy Director of the joint DfE and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Apprenticeships Unit.