Kaplan
Apprenticeship
Awards 2025

Elizabeth is director of communications for Kaplan's UK-based businesses. Previously, she worked in public relations and public affairs in the Netherlands and the US in the telecom and satellite communications sector. She is also a trustee for the North East Derbyshire Support Centre and the Helena Kennedy Foundation. She holds a B.A. degree from UCLA and an M.A. from McGill University.

Jenny Pelling is the Director of Skills and Strategy at Kaplan. She is a member of the Apprenticeship Leadership Team at Kaplan Financial and a Governor of Kaplan Pathways. She leads on the Brighter Futures initiative and is dedicated to broadening access to apprenticeships and the professions through her work for Kaplan as a patron and judge for the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance and Awards, RISE (which provides skills insights to schools), and the social mobility charity Career Ready. Jenny also represents Kaplan as an organising partner of the World Skills Accounting and Tax competition. Before joining Kaplan, Jenny was the Director of Business and Apprenticeships at CILEx Law School.

Jagdeep has over 25 years' experience in the employment support and skills sectors, working on the majority of mainstream back to work programmes, both in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is a strategist with extensive senior operational experience. Currently he is the Executive Director for the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance and The Apprenticeship Diversity and Social Mobility Forum (Powered by Pathway Group).

The aim of these two initiatives is to promote social mobility, diversity, inclusion, and equity in apprenticeships and employability. Jagdeep is a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals, and has a passion for equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity, to support those that are most at risk of missing out on opportunity.