Meet the Team

Ed Watson

Interim Chief Executive

Kate Shaw

Chief Operating Officer

Edward Scutt

Head of Governance

Dr Wayne Shand

Interim Director of Economic Recovery

Ian McLaughlan

Growth Hub Director

Krystalla Michael

Head of PMO

Kerry Billington

Consultant Project Manager

Christian Cadwallader

Consultant Project Manager

Amanda Astley

Contract and Procurement Manager

Avril Draper

Interim Business Analyst

Saboor Arif

Project Champion

Manpreet Dhadwar

Project Support Officer

Greg Raybould

Project Support Officer

Mike Folkard

Head of Business & Innovation

Kathryn Wagstaff

Senior Policy Manager (Local Industrial Strategy) – Health Technologies

Ellen Peacock

Senior Policy Officer – Food and Drink Manufacturing / Advanced Manufacturing

Alex Taylor

Senior Policy Officer – Low Carbon & Environmental Technology

Shanaaz Carroll

Interim Head of Place

Sarah Hughes

Senior Policy Officer – Place

Christian Sayer

Senior Policy Officer – Place

David Furmage

Creative & Cultural Lead

Hilary Smyth-Allen

BPFS Sector & Modern Services Lead

Spencer Wilson

Head of Skills

Maria Lopez

Employment & Skills Manager

Ravinder Lalli

Senior Policy Officer – Skills

Zachary Barker-Williams

Policy Officer

John English

Policy Officer

Satnam Rana-Grindley

Head of Communications

Natalie Benson

Communications Officer

Laura Lediard

HR Manager

Lisa Ritchie

Finance Manager

Philippa Whitelock

Finance Officer

Sanjay Chand

Interim Finance Analyst

Josh Tate

Governance Officer

Helen Harper

Growth Support Team Leader

Nasreen Chaudhry

Growth Support Team Leader

Keith Mitchell

Finance Transformation Consultant

Fiona Tamplin

Business Change Consultant