Business Advisory Board Members

Geoff Miles, CHAIRMAN
Chairman, Maidstone Studios

Paul Barrett
Managing Director, Barretts of Canterbury Ltd

Carole Barron
Director of Innovation & Enterprise, University of Kent

James Beatton
Partner, Head of Corporate Group, Cripps LLP

Charles Buchanan
Charles Buchanan Associates

Miranda Chapman
Director, Pillory Barn

Andrew Clague
Senior Partner, Clague Architects

Gavin Cleary
CEO, Locate in Kent

David Curtis-Brignell
Deputy Chief Executive, Visit Kent

Sarah Dance
Director, Sarah Dance Associates

Andrew Davies
Branch Manager, Svenska Handelsbanken

Oliver Doubleday
Director, GH Dean & Co Ltd

Phil Eckersley
Agent, Bank of England

Nick Fenton
Chairman, The Kent Developers Group

Richard Finn
Managing Director, Richard Finn Ltd

Peter Hawkes
Senior Partner, Furley Page LLP

Iain Hawthorn
Regional Director, Food & Drink Sector, HSBC Bank Plc

William Hinckley
Director, Bax Thomas French Ltd t/a BTF Partnership

Douglas Horner
Kent Ambassador

Jo James
Chief Executive, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce (KICC)

Simon James
Chief Executive, KIMS Hospital

John Keefe
Director of Public Affairs, Getlink Group

Doug Kempster
Corporate Communications Manager, Port of Dover

Stephen Kingsman
Kent Ambassador

Keith McAlister
Partner, Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP

Andrew Metcalf
Director, Maxim

Jane Ollis
Chair, Kent IOD

Alison Parmar
Development Manager, Federation of Small Businesses

Ian Piper
CEO, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Mark Quinn
Chairman & CEO, Quinn Estates Limited

Jon Regan
Chairman, Hugh Lowe Farms Limited

Bob Russell
Chairman, Beams International

Susannah Schofield
CEO, Dice Matrix & Group

Heidi Skinner
Policy Manager, Freight Transport Association

Bernard Spring
Chair & County Chair, North Kent Enterprise Zone & Young Enterprise, Kent & Medway

Paul Thomas
Director, Development Land Services Ltd

Frazer Thompson
CEO, Chapel Down Group plc

Paul Winter
Chairman, Wire Belt Company Ltd