Statutory Board

Tim is involved in a number of other organisations including being a Governor at Falmouth University, Governor at the Plymouth College of Art, Vice Chairman of South West Water’s WaterFuture Panel, Trustee at Dartington Hall, Chairman of the North Devon Biosphere Foundation and Board Member of North Devon +. Tim is also the national lead for the Great Food Plan (a Defra initiative).

Outside business related activities, Tim is also involved in a wide range of Criminal Justice Issues being a Special Advisor to HM Prison Services. Trustee for the Outset Foundation and Trustee for Fort Bovisand. Tim also served for 22 years as Chairman of the Princes Trust for Devon & Cornwall and as a South West Regional Board Member also a Board Member of Dame Hannah Rogers Trust.

Tim has active business interests and has been involved for over 35 years in a wide range of property issues. Tim is now extensively involved in Commercial Property Development across the South West Peninsula and is a Director within Belstone Fox Project Management Ltd and Wessex Investors Ltd.

She is currently heavily focused on working to support leaders in all sectors to develop their digital skills, understanding and strategic capabilities by maximising digital technologies in business plans for the years ahead. Julie is a skilled and experience executive coach and mentor, with top quality capabilities in governance, leadership, and communications.

Julie is also Chair of the Heart of SW Digital Skills Partnership and a key regional influencer in all-things-digital, skills and digital leadership. She is heavily involved in the work of the “Team Devon” Recovery Task Force, working with partner organisations across the county to develop plans and initiatives to develop the local economy following the major impact on businesses and organisations of the Covid19 crisis.  Julie is currently serving at Board level with the South West Business Council and is also Vice-Chair of the Devon Air Ambulance Trust. Julie Chairs the Bank of England Citizens’ Panel events here in the SW, working closely with the central and regional teams to develop engagement and debate.

Organisation: Cosmic

In the recent past, Christine was a trustee of Devon Community Foundation, a director of Devon Social Finance, development manager at Dartington School for Social Entrepreneurs, an adviser to Plymouth University Business School, a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Task Group on Responsible Credit and Savings, and a Specialist Adviser to HMG Treasury Select Committee – providing expertise in the areas of credit, credit unions and community finance. Christine has also provided advisory services to three young start-up companies in various parts of the country.

With degrees in economics, and prior to settling in Devon in 2010, Christine has 30 years of experience in international development, including a substantial period with the World Bank, headquartered in Washington DC. During this time, Christine spent periods of time in Africa, South Asia, Middle East and Eastern Europe, and lived in Botswana and Hungary.

Emily combines excellence in teaching with a strong research ethos, dedicating her teaching and research to the disciplines of enterprise and employability.  The quality of her work in this area saw her voted in as President Elect for Enterprise Educators UK and awarded with Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.  Emily recognises that enterprise and entrepreneurship education should be available to all and so has established her own practice and consultancy that provides high quality practical learning opportunities underpinned by academic knowledge, skills, and experience.

Organisation: University of Gloucestershire

Currently advising critical infrastructure portfolios totalling in excess of £16.7bn, including 11 energy from waste projects, major road and rail schemes, and separate regeneration programmes for three major SW towns.

A trustee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, she is also mentor to three engineers, and a regular speaker at Women in Leadership, Construction and other fora to promote engineering and career progression. Liz is a member of the Great Western Railway Advisory Board, SW Infrastructure Panel and Governor (UK) of the Association of Real Property and Infrastructure. She previously chaired the Local Transport Board, BBC Audience Council (representing England) and was interim CEO of Heart of the South West LEP. She has lectured for Bournemouth, Plymouth and Leeds University and been an expert witness to public inquiries on the impact of critical infrastructure on the tourism economy.

She founded Coast Communications in 2005, a strategic technical communications agency based in Cornwall, London and Cardiff, with a roster of national and international clients. In her (limited) spare time, Liz enjoys walking in the Black Mountains with her dog, paddle boarding on the coast and photography. She is learning Welsh, with nominal success.

Organisation: Coast Communications

In her last role she was Head of Science and Technology Futures and member of the Met Office Government Services Senior Management Board.

Vicky is now an honorary Professor at the Science Technology Engineering and Public Policy Institute at University College London and is developing a portfolio career as a nonexecutive director.

She is an independent member of the group audit and risk assurance committee for economy, skills and natural resources for Welsh government. She is the Independent Chair of Mathematics in Education and Industry (a charity that works with government to widen participation in maths education), and a Trustee of BRE Trust (Building Research Establishment), the Devon Wildlife Trust and In2ScienceUK.

She is also the National Labs lead for the Association of Research Innovation and Technology Organisations (AIRTO) and a member of the EPSRC Mathematics Advisory Team. Vicky is also Editor in Chief of a new Royal Meteorological Society journal called ‘Climate Resilience and Sustainability’.

Organisation: University College London

Terry is a past Chair of the Devon Race Equality Council, been a director on the Board of Exeter City Football Club and is still involved as a director on the Board of the Teignmouth Eastcliff Community Company.

Outside business, Terry is involved in a wide range of Community interests especially dealing with young people, music and the Arts.

For his day job, Terry is one of twenty-two owners of Stephens Scown LLP, a 300 strong legal practice based in the West Country serving national and international clients. He is an employment law specialist who spends the majority of his time involved with businesses in terms of litigation, mediation or re-organisations.

Organisation: Stephen’s Scown

Beginning his career in Banking & Finance, Laurence has significant experience in that sector, including as an underwriter of corporate lending to a range of large SMEs and mid-corporates, but as an Area Retail Manager he left the world of banking in 2002 to begin his new career in education.

Appointed as Principal and CEO of South Devon College in September 2019 he first joined the College as Vice Principal in 2010. During his decade in this role, he successfully led professional services at the College, including Business Development, Employer Engagement, Estates & Facilities, Finance, Human Resources, IT, Data & Systems, Commercial Services and Catering & Retail. Laurence has been instrumental in growing and diversifying College income including successful partnership working and project development to secure bids which have also included in excess of £30m of new capital grants. Laurence was instrumental in the College successfully securing achievement of Investors in People Platinum in 2017 and its reaccreditation in 2020. South Devon College is a medium sized general further education college supporting 10,000 students a year from entry through to full degrees and working with over 1,000 employers. The College is itself the third largest employer in South Devon with 700 staff and contributing in excess of £30m to the local economy every year.

Organisation: South Devon College

Martin qualified with KPMG in 2006, before moving into the energy industry. Martin worked in various finance and commercial roles within RWE nPower before moving to Infinis Energy Plc, helping list the business on the London Stock Exchange.  Martin moved back to the South West of England, working initially for Babcock International Plc, before taking up his current role as Chief Financial Officer, UK & Ireland for Rittal, a manufacturer of industrial, electronic and IT enclosures and related accessories.

During the last few years Martin has been active within the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), being President for the South West during 2018-2019 and now sits as a member of the main Governing Council.

Martin lives in Cornwall with his wife and two children. In his spare time Martin is an avid reader of history, a legacy of his university studies.

Organisation: Rittal