The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced that 6 new members are to join its 16-strong board.
The LEP is a business-led partnership tasked with driving the economic success of the Solent area and those joining the Board will play a key role in supporting the Solent economy to grow.
The Solent LEP Board is made up of 16 directors from the public, private and higher education sectors. Solent LEP Business Director positions are undertaken on a voluntary basis. The new directors were confirmed following an open application process earlier in the year.
Rachael Randall, Solent LEP Interim Chair, said:
“I’d like to welcome all our new Board members joining us to ensure Solent businesses reach their full potential and help our communities thrive.
“We’ve been a long-standing champion of diversity, and I am particularly pleased that we have an equal gender balance on our board to reflect the business community we represent.
“Bringing new voices to the table, different perspectives and new ideas lead to effective business leadership, which has never been more important as we continue to champion the Solent’s economic prospects and support our communities to prosper in a fast-changing world.”
The new Solent LEP Board Directors are:
- Councillor Satvir Kaur, Leader of Southampton City Council
- Councillor Steve Pitt – Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Economic Development at Portsmouth City Council
- Councillor Alex Rennie, Leader of Havant Borough Council
- Councillor Julie Jones-Evans, Cabinet Member for Levelling Up, Regeneration, Business Development and Tourism at Isle of Wight Counci
- Brooke Hoskins who leads Products & Training Services within Maritime Services at BAE Systems
- Salli Shapcott who leads Serco’s UK Maritime Business
Alongside strategy development, the LEP is a major investor in the Solent economy and is delivering a growth programme valued at over £1.8bn supported by a LEP investment of more than £270m. It was the first LEP in the country to have a fully elected Board and has developed strong and collaborative relationships with partners in the public, private, education and community sector to bring forward investment and encourage innovation in the Solent region.
Information on the Solent LEP Board is available at https://solentlep.org.uk/who-we-are/solent-lep-board/board-biographies/.
Blah, blah, blah. More suits doing nothing, just talking.
We’ve been a long-standing champion of diversity, and I am particularly pleased that we have an equal gender balance on our board to reflect the business community we represent.
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Sadly, their focus is on stupid identity politics rather than delivering economic solutions to the every growing problems facing the island.
perhaps if they focused on getting the best talent for the specific areas rather than worry about the level of melanin in their skin or what anatomical arrangements they have regarding their physical form, then they would probably achieve something
who is funding all these extra salaries – no prizes for guessing
Well said, focus should be on the ability to do the job, their statement alone sows doubt about that ability.
Snouts in the money trough.
Another talking shop!
Anything to divert elected Councillors minds minds away from the REAL issues facing this island.
The words;-
“Full of p**s and wind, signifying nothing” come to mind!
In my experience, these self-obsessed men and women simply like hearing their own voices and seeing their names in print and hoping that the MBE they list for will finally arrive,