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Chris is a PR and communications expert with 30 years’ experience. She was appointed Managing Director at McCann PR in 2007, taking full control of the PR, social and influencer […]
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Nasir is Chief Executive Officer, Awan Marketing Plc; Director of Awan Marketing International Limited; and Director of Awan Property Investments Limited. Nasir started in the retail business in 1978, […]
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Lead for Platinum Jubilee
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Lawrence is a specialist consultant and adviser in the skills and training sector. For over two decades he served as the Managing Director of GB Training and expanded the group […]
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Paul is Chief Executive of Real Estate Investors plc, the Birmingham based AIM listed property investment REIT. Paul is also founder and non-executive Chairman of Bond Wolfe (founded in 1983) […]
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Louise is the Chief Executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce – a post she has held since February 2003. Her career has spanned both the private and […]
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Anita is currently Chair of Performances Birmingham PLC (Town Hall and Symphony Hall), Chair of Creative City Partnership, Director of Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership), Non-Executive Director […]
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Gurpreet has been a Partner in Harbans Singh & Co Solicitors since 2000, practising in Commercial/Residential Property Law and Immigration Law. He is currently expanding an International arm to the […]
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Performer, singer, actress, author, bandleader and songwriter, Pauline has dedicated four decades to the music scene. Supporting and campaigning for racial equality throughout her work, she describes herself as first […]
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During his 20 years as a Partner at KPMG, Richard was a Managing Director and UK Board member for the firm’s Management Consulting and then Corporate Finance businesses. He was […]
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Dame Christine served as Chairman of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and as Chairman of the Birmingham Women’s Hospital following a long and successful career as Principal and Chief Executive of one […]
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Elisabeth has over 40 years experience in health services. She has chaired Strategic Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, served as NED or advisor in the private sector and charities and is […]
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David has more than 30 years senior experience in the development and implementation of communications programmes starting his career on West Midlands newspapers before entering the world of PR, communications […]
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Brendan served in the Royal Navy, the Civil Service and private sector before joining Lucas Aerospace in 1987 as Personnel Director. He held senior management appointments in Lucas Aerospace and […]
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After gaining a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Birmingham John worked initially as a chemist in the plastics industry. Later, becoming a chartered management accountant, he had a […]
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Stuart is Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Warwick. He is responsible for ensuring the delivery of excellence in education and research within the region, nationally and internationally. He leads […]
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Heidi-Ann Doughty was a consultant in Transfusion Medicine, working for NHS Blood and Transplant. She completed her clinical studies in Cambridge before undertaking higher training in haematology and healthcare management. […]
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Liz has an Insurance career spanning 50 years for the last 13 of which she led a Stourbridge based independent Insurance Broking firm which was one of the first in […]
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Lead of Walsall Group
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David worked as an economist in London, before moving to the West Midlands in 1979 to work at the Walsall Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed Chief Executive of this […]
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Chris Ham is chief executive of The King’s Fund and emeritus professor of health policy and management at the University of Birmingham. He has held posts at a number of […]
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Steve has a wealth of experience within the professional and financial sector having had an illustrious career at KPMG spanning 30 years. Serving on KPMG’s Boards for the UK, Europe […]
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Frederik was born in Hong Kong and grew up in London. He spent the first 12 years of his career working in corporate finance roles before taking over as Chief […]
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Afzal Hussain is Chief Officer of Witton Lodge Community Association, a leading social enterprise, delivering impactful services to meet the needs of diverse communities across north Birmingham. During the […]
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Sakhawat is a University lecturer specialising in mechanical manufacturing engineering, motor sports and civil engineering. Currently he is a member of the Faculty of Construction, Engineering and Built Environment at […]
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Ninder is the owner of the Nachural Group of companies which include a recording company and an events company which established the Signature Awards and the Nachural Entrepreneurship Awards. […]
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Deirdre is Professor of Paediatric Hepatology at the University of Birmingham, Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist and Founding Director of the Liver Unit for Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She set […]
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In 1973 Sukhjinder became the Managing Director of KTC Edibles Ltd. in Wednesbury, when it employed 25 people with a turnover of 6.5 million. Today it supplies food ingredients globally, […]
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Mick is currently CEO of ExtraCare Charitable Trust, a charity that builds and operates retirement villages (including the largest in Europe) and also operates a portfolio of charity shops. […]
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Martin is Visiting Professor for Health, Education and Life Science at Birmingham City University as well as being the founder and business development director of Medical Devices Technology Limited, a […]
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Beverly is the founder and general manager of Diamond Travel. Throughout Beverly’s career and the building of her travel agent business, Beverly has always found the time and energy […]
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Chris has recently completed a 30-year career with Deloitte, the international professional services firm. Joining the embryonic management consulting division of Deloitte (then Touche Ross and Co,) in Birmingham in […]
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Jenny is the founder of Loynton and Co, one of the largest Chinese law firms in the West Midlands. She has over 25 years commercial law consultancy working experiences, mainly […]
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Wade came to Britain from Jamaica to join his parents when he was seven years old. He helped in the family business, a service and petrol station, while still at […]
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Rajinder is an advocate for social justice and equality working in the community and education sectors. She has held a number of senior roles in education and continues to work […]
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Lead of Coventry and Armed Forces Groups
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George spent most of his career with construction company Galliford, including ten years as Chief Executive. Since retiring he has been involved as non-executive Chairman and Director with a number […]
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Katharine is an Olympic 400m medallist and former World number one. In 2001 she was the fastest woman in the World over 400 metres distance. She has competed represented Great […]
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Hamid is an internationally acclaimed Manufacturing Leader with a wide-ranging experience base in the Automotive and Aerospace Sectors. He joined Rolls-Royce in 2001 from BMW Group where he was Director […]
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Monder is the Director of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) at Aston University. One of the foremost international scholars researching ethnic minority entrepreneurship, Monder’s work […]
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Les joined Jaguar in 1973 after completing 5 years service with the Regular Army – Parachute Regiment. He has served for 31 years with the Reserves and risen to the […]
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Ian is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon posted to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He has deployed variously to Falklands, Bosnia, Kosovo, […]
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Sir Paul was born in Coventry and joined the Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary in 1969. He subsequently served in a variety of roles in West Midlands Police before moving to […]
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Fleur Sexton is the Chief Executive and co-founder of multi-ward winning PET-Xi Training, one of the most hard-hitting and dynamic training providers in the UK with a reputation for success […]
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Jatinder Sharma OBE is Principal and CEO of Walsall College. A qualified accountant and highly experienced leader, he has held a number of senior positions in both the public and […]
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Lead of Wolverhampton Group
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Satya is a retired General Medical Practitioner following 36 years in the NHS and 31 years as a GP. He was previously Chairman of the Local Medical committee in Wolverhampton […]
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Abdullah came to the UK from Nigeria in 1986. Moved to Coventry in 1993 and became a Consultant Neurologist in 1996. He was a Clinical Director for eight years then […]
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Chris joined the Metropolitan Police in 1980. Following service in Central London he ran an estates policing pilot in South Acton and then joined a New Scotland Yard policy group […]
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Clive is CEO of LCS Professional Services Ltd a consultancy company. He has recently retired as Chairman and CEO of the company he founded in 1987, which operated 50 full […]
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Jean has been Chief Executive of St Basils since 2000 and has more than 20 years’ experience of managing housing and neighbourhood services in a number of local authorities in […]
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Dave was appointed as Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in 2016, having been Deputy Chief Constable since 2010 when he oversaw the start of the force’s change programme, WMP2020. […]
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Lead of Solihull Group
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Sir Nigel is currently Chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. Previously he was Executive Director of the Schwarzman Scholars Programme based in New York and London. He was […]
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Paul is the CEO of the NEC Group, one of the World’s top venue management companies. Since 2006 he has led a transformation of the business and has secured record […]
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As a “hands-on” Chairman of a New Deal for Communities, Aston Pride, Simon’s determination to seek opportunity for all in the area where he grew up transformed a failing organisation […]
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Stewart trained as an Accountant with Farmiloe & Co, and in 1976 moved into Industry as Group Accountant. He was appointed to the Main Board in 1978 taking responsibility for […]
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Jonnie produced public service drama, documentary and digital media for over 30 years from the West Midlands. He founded Maverick Television, one of the UK’s leading independent production companies with […]
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Lead for Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and Lead of Dudley Group
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Nick’s career encompasses manufacturing, management consultancy and professional services. He was Marketing & Business Development Director, Global Industries at PricewaterhouseCoopers until retiring in 2015. He is Chairman of ART […]
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Dawn is Chair of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics and also Deputy Chair of the Chartered Institution for Further Education. She is a Director of the Greater Birmingham […]
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Tim Watts joined the family business, Pertemps, in 1970 opening a second office in Wolverhampton. Today, Tim is Lifetime President of Pertemps Network Group, the UK’s largest independently owned recruitment […]
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Bishop Derek previously worked as an administrator for British Gas West Midlands before going into full time church work in 1987. He is a Minister of Religion for the […]
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Lead for Business and Enterprise
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Tom is a graduate of Imperial College in Metallurgy. He worked on a copper mine in Mufulira, Zambia before joining the family foundry business in 1974. The business has grown […]
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Lead for Communication and Public Relations
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Julia has over thirty years experience in public relations supporting many organisations. In 1992 she established WPR Agency (originally known as Willoughby Public Relations), which today is one of […]
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Lead of Sandwell Group
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John has over 51 years experience in the metal processing and engineering industries, since starting as an undergraduate apprentice at IMI plc. He joined Caparo from IMI in 1991 as […]
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Lead of Birmingham Group
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Doug is the Chief Executive Officer of his franchised restaurant company which operates twenty McDonald’s restaurants across the West Midlands. Doug began his career at McDonald’s the day before he […]
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