The LEP Board

The LEP Board is formed of leaders from within both the public and private sectors of the Sheffield City Region.

The LEP Board meets every five to six weeks at the Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Centre in Rotherham.

To check dates for forthcoming meeting dates, see our events calendar page. The next LEP Board Meeting will take place on 4th June.

Minutes of previous board meetings are available for download here in addition to a record of declarations of interest made at board meetings.

Click here to download the Local Enterprise Partnership Gifts and Hospitality Policy

Private Sector Board Members

James Newman
Chairman of Finance Yorkshire

Nigel Brewster
Managing Director of Brewster McBride Recruitment Consultants

Simon Carr
Managing Director of Henry Boot Construction

Deborah Egan
Director of The Electric Village

David Grey MBE
Group Managing Director of OSL Group Holdings

Prof Philip Jones
Vice Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University

Chris Scholey
Ex Managing Director in the Manufacturing Sector, and Chairman of Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust

Lee Strafford
Cofounder and former CEO of PlusNet PLC, and Cofounder of Project Sheffield

Public Sector Board Members

Cllr Stephen Houghton CBE
Leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Cllr Councillor Simon Greaves
Leader of Bassetlaw District Council

Cllr Eion Watts
Leader of Bolsover District Council

Cllr John Burrows
Leader of Chesterfield Borough Council

Mayor Ros Jones
Mayor of Doncaster

Cllr Graham Baxter MBE
Leader of North East Derbyshire District Council

Cllr Roger Stone OBE
Leader of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Cllr Julie Dore
Leader of Sheffield City Council