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organisation__brand-border-top organisation__margin-bottom"> <div class="govuk-grid-row"> <div class="govuk-grid-column-two-thirds"> <h2 class="gem-c-heading gem-c-heading--font-size-27 gem-c-heading--padding govuk-!-margin-bottom-3">Our management</h2> </div> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-row"> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-quarter"> <div class="gem-c-image-card brand--department-for-education" data-module="" lang="en"> <div class="gem-c-image-card__text-wrapper"> <div class="gem-c-image-card__header-and-context-wrapper"> <span class="gem-c-image-card__title govuk-heading-s"> <a class="gem-c-image-card__title-link govuk-link brand__color" href="/web/20230317124211/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jo-saxton">Dr Jo Saxton</a> </span> </div> <div class="gem-c-image-card__description">Chief Regulator, Ofqual</div> </div> <figure class="gem-c-image-card__image-wrapper"><img class="gem-c-image-card__image" alt="" loading="auto" height="200" width="300" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20230317124211im_/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/person/image/4849/s465_DrJoSaxton_960x640.jpg"></figure> </div> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-quarter"> <div class="gem-c-image-card brand--department-for-education" data-module="" lang="en"> <div class="gem-c-image-card__text-wrapper"> <div class="gem-c-image-card__header-and-context-wrapper"> <span class="gem-c-image-card__title govuk-heading-s"> <a class="gem-c-image-card__title-link govuk-link brand__color" href="/web/20230317124211/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ian-bauckham">Sir Ian Bauckham CBE</a> </span> </div> <div class="gem-c-image-card__description">Chair, Ofqual</div> </div> <figure class="gem-c-image-card__image-wrapper"><img class="gem-c-image-card__image" alt="" loading="auto" height="200" width="300" 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</div> <div class="gem-c-image-card__description">Executive Director, Standards, Research and Analysis, Ofqual</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-row"> <div class="govuk-grid-column-two-thirds"> <section class="brand--department-for-education organisation__margin-bottom" id="org-contacts"> <h2 class="gem-c-heading gem-c-heading--font-size-27 gem-c-heading--padding gem-c-heading--border-top-5 brand--department-for-education brand__border-color">Contact Ofqual</h2> <div class="organisation__contact-section organisation__contact-section--border-top" lang="en"> <h3 class="gem-c-heading govuk-heading-s gem-c-heading--padding">Enquiries</h3> <div class="govuk-grid-row"> <address class="govuk-grid-column-one-half organisation__margin-bottom organisation__address"> Earlsdon Park<br>53 to 55 Butts Road<br>Coventry<br>CV1 3BH<br>United Kingdom<br> </address> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-half"> <div class="organisation__margin-bottom"> <p><a 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