ADVISORY BOARD Steve Dibnah Steve is a senior economic development professional with over 25 years’ experience working across all tiers of local government as well as with arms-length local authority controlled economic development companies, in sub-regional strategic partnerships and in private sector consultancy. He has a strong track record of leading and delivering successful public/private…

ADVISORY BOARD Andrea Winders Andrea is an entrepreneurial sales professional and business leader, with a unique mixture of talents and experience, in both private and public sectors. Her goal is to change traditional thinking on cities, towns and high streets to keep them alive during the internet revolution.

ADVISORY BOARD Barry Bibby Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant Barry gained experience with Deloitte and then Price Waterhouse before becoming a Partner at Kevan Pilling (now part of Deloitte). Barry subsequently gained wide Industrial and Commercial experience in a wide number of sectors including Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical, Marketing, Security, IT, IP, Printing and…

ADVISORY BOARD Isabelle Beaumont Isabelle has a particular interest in the future of work, how the built environment, diverse new technologies and underlying psychological systems, can have significant impact on an organisation’s ability to succeed and how collaborative ways of working and processes are used and applied. Working on behalf of clients, and from an…

ADVISORY BOARD Tim Levenson A chartered town planner and member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Chartered Management Institute: higher education at Sheffield University, University of Aston and Plymouth University. Forty years in the public sector incorporating city councils at three major waterfront cities: Plymouth, Cardiff, Southampton and the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.…

Programme Director, Innovation to Operation, BBI Jonathan Holley Jonathan Holley is Programme Director at BBI and heads up the “Innovation to Operation” programmes. Jonathan works with Industry and Health and Social Care teams to explore and encourage opportunities to operationalize innovation. Jonathan’s background is in programme management, transformation and technology, both as a Director in…

ADVISORY BOARD Colin Stuart Colin Stuart is a specialist in real estate, workplace and occupational strategy and transition. He has led major award winning change programmes for multi-national corporate clients and helped Government clients and NDPBs deliver significant cost reductions and improved performance. He is particularly skilled in managing the complex stakeholder interfaces required to…

ADVISORY BOARD Amarjit Singh Amarjit is a consultant, specialising in cross-border business transactions and investment between the UK and India. He is a recognised business thought leader, parliamentary adviser, non-executive director, columnist and guest lecturer. A commercial lawyer by background, Amarjit is the recipient of several awards and honours. In February 2013, he accompanied UK…

ADVISORY BOARD Richard Ball A lifetime of experience in strategy formulation and operational delivery in the fields of economic development, tourism, leisure centre provision, property estate management, cultural development and major events. Effective builder of productive relationships with a record of successful joint public and private sector delivery of complex programmes and projects, often in…