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LEP contacts and Board recognition


Listed below are the Local Enterprise Partnerships that are progressing to the next stage and have been invited to appoint Chairs and set up their Boards for recognition by Government Ministers.

LEP Area

Contact details Chair and Board Recognition Details
Black Country Sarah Middleton 
01384 471102 
sarah_middleton@blackcountryconsortium.co.uk

Board recognised: 28/1/2011

Chair: Stewart Towe CBE

Buckinghamshire Thames Valley

Ms Philippa Batting
M. 01494 568950
philippa.batting@ngagesolutions.co.uk

Chair: Alex Pratt

Cheshire and Warrington

Mr Aidan Manley
01606 734181
aidan.manley@candwlep.co.uk

Board recognised: 24/3/2011

Chair: Christine Gaskell

Coast to Capital

Ron Crank
01243 777016
Ron.Crank@westsussex.gov.uk

Board recognised:
20/4/2011

Chair: John Peel

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 

Mel Richardson
01872 224733
mrichardson@cornwall.gov.uk

Board recognised: 27/7/2011

Chair: Chris Pomfret

Coventry and Warwickshire 

Roger Dowthwaite
M. 07768 688567
roger.dowthwaite@cwlep.com

Board recognised: 3/3/2011

Chair: Denys Shortt

Cumbria

Suzanne Caldwell
01228 534120
info@cumbrialep.co.uk

Board recognised: 24/3/2011

Chair: George Beveridge

Derby Derbyshire Nottingham and Nottinghamshire localenterprisepartnership@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Board recognised: 7/10/2011

Chair: Colin Walton

Dorset

David Walsh
Tel: 01305 224254
d.walsh@dorsetcc.gov.uk

Chair: Gordon Page
Enterprise M3

Kathy Slack
07802 819379
kathy@kathyslack.co.uk

Board recognised: 29/6/2011

Chair: Geoff French
Gloucestershire David Owen
01452 328300
David.owen@glosfirst.co.uk

Board recognised: 4/11/2011

Chair: Diane Savory

Greater Birmingham and Solihull 

Mark Barrow
0121 303 4915
mark.barrow@birmingham.gov.uk
Chair: Andy Street

Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough

info@yourlocalenterprisepartnership.co.uk

 

Board recognised:
21/4/2011

Chair: Neville Reyner

Greater Lincolnshire

Ruth Carver
01522 550515
ruth.carver@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Board recognised: 28/1/2011

Chair: Ursula Lidbetter

Greater Manchester

Karen Tierney
0161 234 3278
k.tierney@agma.gov.uk

Board recognised:
4/5/2011

Chair: Mike Blackburn

Heart of the South West

Liz Waugh
M. 07966 388921
liz@coastmarcoms.co.uk

Board recognised: 14/9/2011

Chair: Tim Jones
Hertfordshire

Jo Morris
01707 358744

Hertfordshire.LEP@hertscc.gov.uk

Board recognised:
1/3/2012

Chair: John Gourd

Humber

Richard Kendall
01482 324976
info@humberlep.org

Board recognised on 15/12/2011

Chair: Lord Christopher Haskins

Lancashire

Mr Martin Kelly
01772 536197
Martin.Kelly@lancashire.gov.uk

Chair: Edwin Booth

Leeds City Region 

Mr Robert Norreys
0113 2474227
lcr@leedscityregion.gov.uk

Board recognised:
30/3/2011

Chair: Neil McLean

Leicester and Leicestershire

Mr Mandip Rai
Head of LLEP Support Unit
0116 2527312
mandip.rai@leicester.gov.uk

Board recognised: 26/10/2011

Chair: Andrew Bacon

Liverpool City Region

Sheena Ramsey
0151 443 3772
sheena.ramsey@knowsley.gov.uk

London

Jamie Izzard
jamie.izzard@london.gov.uk 

Co-chairs:
The Mayor of London
Harvey McGrath

The Marches – Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin

Ms Jacqui Casey
01743 252525
Jacqui.Casey@shropshire.gov.uk

Board recognised: 20/10/2011

Chair: Dr Geoffrey Davies OBE

New Anglia

Mr Chris Starkie
01603 274427
chris.starkie@newanglia.co.uk

Board recognised: 16/6/2011

Chair: Dr. Andy Wood

Northamptonshire

Sajeeda Rose
01604 609 548
Sajeeda.Rose@northamptonshireep.co.uk 

Chair: Paul Southworth
North Eastern

Mr Peter O'Brien
0191 548 5860
peter@tyneandwearcityregion.co.uk

Board recognised: 27/7/2011

Chair: Paul Woolsten

Oxfordshire

General enquiries
Email: lep@oxfordshire.gov.uk 
Tel: 01865 815866

Board recognised: 4/3/2011

Chair: Adrian Shooter

Sheffield City Region

Sylvia Yates
Sylvia.yates@sheffieldcityregion.org.uk

Board recognised:
9/5/2011

Chair: James Newman
Solent

Anne-Marie Mountfield
07540 238154
Anne-Marie.Mountifield@push.gov.uk

Chair: Doug Morrison
South East

Mr Simon Neilson
01245 437025
lep@essex.gov.uk 

Chair: John Spence
South East Midlands

info@semlep.com
Tel 01234 436100

Board recognised: 26/10/2011

Chair: Dr Ann Limb OBE

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire

Ms Jenny Greer
01785 276630
contactus@stokestaffslep.org.uk

Board recognised: 4/3/2011

Chair: Maitland Hyslop

Swindon and Wiltshire Steve Richards
M. 07748 658230
c2r@sdrichards.demon.co.uk
Chair: Paul Johnson

Tees Valley

Linda Edworthy
01642 527092
linda.edworthy@teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk

Board recognised: 21/9/2011

Chair: Sandy Anderson

Thames Valley Berkshire 

Deborah Wharton
07881 842861
deborah.wharton@thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk

Chair: Steve Lamb

West of England

Mr Peter Jackson
01454 863400
peter.jackson@westofenglandlep.co.uk

Board recognised:
18/4/2011

Chair: Colin Skellett

Worcestershire Gary Woodman 
0845 641 1641 ext 218 
garyw@hwchamber.co.uk
Board recognised: 24/6/2011

Chair: Peter Pawsey
York and North Yorkshire

James Farrar
0160 953 3598
james.farrar@northyorks.gov.uk

Board recognised: 7/7/2011

Chair: Barry Dodd OBE