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Black Country LEP announces new board members

The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership has announced a number of new additions to its board.

Four business leaders will join the board, including Vicki Wilkes, Simon Eastwood, Nider Johal,
and Dr Chris Handy OBE.

Vicki is managing director of Brierley Hill-based Phoenix Calibration and Services Ltd, and is the new support on employment, education and skills to Professor Ian Oakes of Wolverhampton University.

Simon Eastwood, managing director at Wolverhampton-based Carillion, has taken on John McDonough’s role as private sector lead on planning for the LEP, while Nider Johal, managing director of live event production agency Nachural Corporate Communications, is the LEP’s new private sector lead for perception and communications.

Elsewhere, Dr Chris Handy OBE, group chief executive from housing organisation Accord Group, will take on the new role of social enterprise lead for the LEP.

Stewart Towe, chair of the Black Country LEP, said: “We are delighted to welcome our new members who I am sure will prove invaluable in helping to further strengthen the skills and knowledge base of the board as we continue our work to remove barriers to growth for firms in
the Black Country.”

In addition to the private sector representation, senior representatives from each of the four Black Country councils of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, will also sit on the board.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .