Business leaders meet for first time to form The Growth Hub Board

Business leaders from Gloucestershire and beyond met for the first time today as members of The Growth Hub Board.

Business leaders from Gloucestershire and beyond met for the first time today as members of The Growth Hub Board.

The senior leaders are from various sectors including engineering, retail, financial services, accounting and IT.

The Board will be responsible for guiding the development and direction of The Growth Hub which will open its doors in September to businesses across the county. The Growth Hub is a unique partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership to offer the county’s high-growth businesses access to the advice and support that they need. The Growth Hub will be based at the University’s Oxstalls Campus in Gloucester.

The Board members are:

• Stephen Marston, Vice Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire (co-chair of The Growth Hub board)
• Diane Savory OBE DL, Chair of GFirst LEP (co-chair of The Growth Hub board)
• Ruth Dooley, partner at Hazlewoods accountants
• Di Pitts, manager at Handelsbanken finance and banking
• Jon Whitbread, partner at Harrison Clark Rickerbys solicitors
• Ann Francke, CEO of the Chartered Management Institute
• David Orchard-Smith, international director at Tesco
• Kevin Greenleaves, managing director at Metacoaching
• Ben White, partner at Notion Capital  technology 
• Tammy Lillie, Head Of Talent Management at Spirax Sarco

Stephen Marston, co-chair of The Growth Hub Board and Vice Chancellor of the University, explains: “I’m very pleased to have such a high calibre of business people around the table to support the development of The Growth Hub. We’re looking forward to opening the doors at Oxstalls in the autumn to welcome Gloucestershire’s businesses.  The business experience and insight of the board members will be a huge asset in helping us make sure that the design and delivery of the services we offer are well matched to what businesses really want.”

Tammy Lillie, Board member and Head of Talent Management at Spirax Sarco explains: “The Growth Hub is an exciting initiative for Gloucestershire and I look forward to helping shape the business services it will be offering.”  

For more information, visit The Growth Hub website.