The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 45: Oct/Nov 2019 | Page 8

SWLEP
SWLEP appoints seven
new Board Directors
We have appointed seven new directors
from the private sector to the Board to
increase our strategic leadership capacity
and support planned activities to grow our
local economy.
The new directors are:
Mandy Clarke, Managing Director,
Accomplish HR
Carole Kitching, Principal and CEO,
New College Swindon
Becky Middleton, Founder,
Middleton Solutions Limited
Alison North, International Business
Consultant, AN Information Limited
Andrew Gudgeon OBE, Head of
Operational Risk Oversight,
Nationwide Building Society
Paul Moorby OBE, Managing Director,
Chipside Ltd
Keeran Vetriko, Managing Director,
JERES Management Consulting
The new board of directors have been
appointed for a membership period of three
years. The SWLEP board membership is
voluntary; with claimable expenses. The
directors will need to make a commitment
to dedicate approximately two working days
per month to cover regular Board meetings
and working groups.
The new members were officially appointed
at a meeting of the SWLEP board in July
and took up their roles with immediate
effect.
The Board also welcomes Councillor
Philip Whitehead, Leader of Wiltshire
Council, who has replaced Councillor
Baroness Scott of Bybrook.
This intake takes the number of people
on the Board to 17.
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The remaining Board
members are:
John Mortimer, Chairman &
SME Representative
Paddy Bradley, Director, Responsible
for implementing Board decisions
Peter Wragg, Chairman,
Visit Wiltshire Ltd, SWLEP Deputy Chair
David Renard, Leader,
Swindon Borough Council
Amanda Burnside, Principal,
Wiltshire College, SWLEP Equality &
Diversity representative
Andrew Dawes, South West
Commander, representing
the Army in Wessex
Doug Gale, Director Strategic,
QinetiQ plc
Mark Smith, CEO, WRc
Alex Reed, Finance Director,
Catalent Pharma
John Mortimer, Chair of the Swindon &
Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership,
said, “I was delighted with the number of
high-quality applications we received from
our Board Director recruitment campaign.
This is a reflection of how well our Local
Enterprise Partnership is engaged with our
business community and the reputation
we have through delivering our innovative
projects and programmes across our
region. Our new Board Directors, with their
expertise and backgrounds, will provide
creative ideas, skills and energy to play
their part in our work including approving
our Local Industrial Strategy.” To see
biographies of each Board member visit:
www.swlep.co.uk/about/who-we-are
Pictured above from left to right: Carole
Kitching, Becky Middleton, Andrew
Gudgeon, Mandy Clarke (bottom) Keeran
Vetriko, Alison North, Paul Moorby.
Annual Report
2019
We have just released our Annual Report which showcases
our work during the last year and plans for the future.
Copies of the report will be distributed at our Swindon &
Wiltshire Business Growth Summit at Cineworld, Swindon
on 3rd October’.
The highlights of our work include:
Supporting Salisbury out of crisis and into a positive future
– allocating £100,000 to support the town’s businesses
SWLEP moves to incorporation, opening up new
opportunities for bringing in investment without reliance in
the UK Government chequebook.
Working with Honda to create the best outcome for the site
and its staff when they leave Swindon in 2021.
Creation of a new Local Industrial Strategy, shaping a
prosperous economic future for our area.
£8.7 million Growing Places Infrastructure Fund starts
making a difference
Completed the Rail Infrastructure Strategy
Go-ahead for Swindon Institute of Technology
£1 million ‘Ultra-Fast Broadband’ funding programme
Successful conversion of Corsham Digital Mansion
Completion of the Wilton Enterprise Hub