Founding board selected to steer Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership
THE founding board for the new Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership has been selected.
Key private sector figures include Associated British Ports’ Humber head of policy, communications and economic development, Daffyd Williams; Marketing Humber managing director Diana Taylor; Madge Moore, chair of Yorkshire Food, Farming and Rural Support Network and leisure homes entrepreneur David Hall. As indicated when the search began, there are positions for health, education and the voluntary sector too.
These are taken by Professor Susan Lea, vice chancellor of the University of Hull; Jayne Adamson, people director for Humber Coast and Vale Integrated Care System; Gill Alton, chief executive of the pan-Humber further and higher education TEC Partnership and Catherine Bishop, chief executive of Tigers Sport & Education Trust.
All are tasked with steering the economic direction of the region following the split of the Humber LEP, after the government insisted on single LEP representation for local authorities.
South Bank councils opted to join Greater Lincolnshire. Launched last week, the inaugural meeting of the ‘HEY LEP’ will take place on April 19. Mr Newman said: “We are delighted that the newly formed LEP has been able to appoint so many excellent members to its new board. I look forward to working with them all to establish a new strategic vision for the region and to capitalise on the enormous opportunities for economic growth and transformation that will benefit all organisations, big or small, and their employees, and ensure a sustainable recovery from the problems caused by the pandemic.”
Alongside Mr Newman is deputy chair Stephen Parnaby OBE, as well as leaders of Hull City and East Riding councils, Stephen Brady OBE and Richard Burton. South Bank links are retained through the Humber Leadership Board on which both HEY and Greater Lincolnshire LEP chairs will join the local authority figureheads. Mr Williams, Ms Taylor and Ms Alton all have strong pan-Humber professional roles too.