Angela Spence
Independent Governor
2nd term of office
Angela Spence is politically savvy with a reputation for being highly professional, pragmatic, forensic, analytical and focused. She is an outstanding strategist and communicator. Angela is a consummate networker, a strong leader and manager with a natural coaching style. She is authentic, honest and committed to openness.
Born in Wolverhampton, Angela is an inveterate world traveller and sojourner though the pandemic of 2020 has put a hold on this for a while. She revels in the discovery of new places, people and cultures.
Angela has a lifelong, deeply held passion for helping people work towards developing and/or discovering the best version of themselves.
Co-founder and Director of At Eve Management Consultancy, Angela works with organisations and agencies in the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to transform their operations, bring about efficiencies and improve their ways of working.
Angela is also a co-founder and Director of community interest company Square Pegs Round Holes dedicated to working with children, young people, families and local communities to build their resilience and support them to overcome barriers that limit their participation in achieving fulfilling lives.
Angela is fully subscribed to the ethos of public service and had a very successful career in the public sector spanning 29 years working across multi-agency partnerships and multi-disciplinary teams, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, improving people's lives.
A magistrate since 1998, Angela is a Presiding Justice in the adult and youth courts across the Black Country and Birmingham. She is a trustee of the Refugee and Migrant Centre, headquarters in Wolverhampton. She is also chair of the Wolverhampton Police Independent Advisory Group.
Angela is an ambassador for the transformational benefits of education and is delighted to be able to influence and affect change as a member of the Board of Governors, Chair of the Student Affairs Assurance Committee and a member of the Finance and Investment Assurance Committee at the University of Wolverhampton.