Stewart is the Chief Regulatory Officer and Responsible Officer at NCFE.

With a background originally in Manufacturing Engineering, Stewart had a change of career and transitioned into staff development, working in the training departments of both Rolls Royce and Siemens Power Generation. Following a move into further education, Stewart worked in a variety of senior delivery roles and headed up the largest distance-learning unit in the country, where he was the visionary to instigate the funding of National Vocational Qualification delivery, via e-portfolio.

After 14 years of working in further education, Stewart joined NCFE leading on Quality Assurance and Compliance.  After holding positions as Director of Quality & Product, Managing Director of Awarding and Chief Operating Officer, he moved into his current role.  He is also NCFE’s designated Responsible Officer to Ofqual, CCEA, Qualification Wales and SQA in relation to NCFE’s compliance with regulatory conditions as an awarding organisation.

Stewart has an MBA and has studied at Ashridge Business School on their personalised Advanced Management Programme.