Ray Auvray is Executive Chairman of the Prospects Group and has managed the company since its foundation in the summer of 1995. In that period Ray has grown the Group from a company holding a single contract in South London to a national organisation with a turnover of over £60 million, employing nearly 1,200 staff and delivering a wide range of education, training and employment services to the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Learning and Skills Council, local authorities, schools and colleges.

Before joining Prospects, Ray spent 11 years heading the London Borough of Havering Careers Service, the only local authority run careers service to win the Charter Mark Award. He understands the local authority perspective well, having served as a Basildon District Councillor, Essex County Councillor and a member of the Essex Police Authority. He has also twice stood as a parliamentary candidate. He started his career as a teacher, before moving into the Careers Service.

Ray has served on a number of national careers service advisory bodies and is also a Board Director of several companies. He is a graduate of Reading University and undertook further studies at the University of East London.

Having led the Prospects Group to its current role as a major provider of educational support services, he is keen to see it diversify further and develop a wider range of services for its customers.