Business Advisory Board Members
Geoff Miles, CHAIRMAN
Chairman, Maidstone Studios
Paul Barrett
Chairman, C4B Business & Managing Director, Barretts Motor Group
James Beatton
Partner, Cripps LLP
Charles Buchanan
Charles Buchanan Associates
Miranda Chapman
Director, Pillory Barn Design Ltd
Andrew Clague
Clague Architects
David Curtis-Brignell
Destination Partnerships Director, Visit Kent
Sarah Dance
Director, Sarah Dance Associates & Chair, Cultural Transformation Board
Andy Davies
Branch Manager, Handelsbanken, Canterbury Branch
Jim Davison
Region Director (South East), EEF the Manufacturers’ Organisation
Oliver Doubleday
Director, GH Dean & Co Ltd
Phil Eckersley
Agent for Kent, Bank of England
Nick Fenton
Chairman, The Kent Developers Group, and Board Member of Locate in Kent.
Richard Finn
Managing Director, Richard Finn Ltd
Peter Hawkes
Senior Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution, Furley Page LLP
Iain Hawthorn
Global Relationship Director, Corporate Banking, HSBC Bank Plc, Kent Corporate Banking Centre
William Hinckley
Partner, BTF Partnership
Douglas Horner
Deputy Lieutenant of Kent & Kent Ambassador
Jo James
Chief Executive, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce (KICC)
Simon James
Chief Executive, KIMS Hospital
John Keefe
Director of Public Affairs, Eurotunnel UK
Stephen Kingsman
Kent Ambassador
Philip Kirk
Regional Director, Lloyds Bank
Keith McAlister
Partner, Thomson Snell & Passmore
Andrew Metcalf
Director, Maxim PR
Mark Moran
Director, Kent, Corporate Banking Origination, Barclays Corporate
Jane Ollis
Chair, Kent IOD
Alison Palmer
Regional Lead, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Mark Quinn
Chairman/Owner, Quinn Estates Ltd
Jon Regan
Director & Chairman, Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd & Weald Granary Ltd
Bob Russell
Director, Russell Distillers Ltd & Founder - Copper Rivet Distillery
Nick Sandford
Former Chairman Kent Country Land & Business Association
Susannah Schofield
Founder, CEO, Dice Matrix Consulting Ltd
Steve Sherry
Chief Executive, Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI)
Heidi Skinner
Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Freight Transport Association
Bernard Spring
Chair, North Kent Enterprise Zone & County Chair of Young Enterprise
Paul Thomas
Managing Director, Development Land Services Ltd
Frazer Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, Chapel Down Group plc
Tim Waggott
Chief Executive, Port of Dover
Paul Winter
Managing Director, Wire Belt Company Limited
Paul Wookey
Chief Executive, Locate in Kent
Joanna Worby
Managing Partner, Brachers LLP