Daniel Lally
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Summary
Dan is the executive lead for activity relating to diversification and partnerships at the University. Dan has strategic and operational responsible for activity such as apprenticeships, collaborative provision, lifelong learning (including online and CPD) and placements.
About
He is a member of the UCAS Council and various skills and employment advisory boards across the region, including the South Yorkshire Skills Advisory Board, as well as being Chair of the Higher Skills and Degree Apprenticeship Special Interest Group for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP). Dan is proud to be a non-executive Director of Sheffield Business Improvement District (BID), the University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) and South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).
Prior to joining the University in 2018, Dan had extensive experience in the private sector working for both large-corporate and family-run-specialist organisations. He has led teams across a breadth of services including; delivery and operations, regulatory and compliance, sales and marketing and corporate services.
Dan describes himself as the ‘product of work-based learning’, having completed early career apprenticeships in hospitality, customer service and business administration and having most recently completed a Senior Leader Apprenticeship, achieving an MBA, at Sheffield Hallam.