David Williams
Geldards LLP
David is Chairman of Geldards LLP, a law firm with around 300 staff and offices in Derby, Nottingham, Cardiff and London. After originally qualifying as a lawyer David had careers also as a property developer and as General Manager of a major building society. After heading the property team at Geldards for many years, David has recently taken up responsibility for the private client team.
In addition to these roles, he is Chairman of East Midlands Business Limited and holds a number of trustee and non-executive positions. He is now Vice-Chair of Governors at Derby College.
David is the Deputy Chair of the D2N2 LEP’s Main Board.
Our Board
Our board is a team of individuals with broad experience across the business, public and community sectors. They are supported by an unrivalled network of advisory boards covering Business & Innovation and People & Skills.
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Edward Peck
Vice-Chancellor and President of Nottingham Trent University
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Tim Freeman
Deputy Managing Director Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
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David Williams
Geldards LLP
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Natasha Johnson
Director of Partnerships at Global Entrepreneurs UK
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Becky Rix
Owner and Marketing Director of Roadgas Limited
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Tony Tinley
Trade Union Official, Unite the Union
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Dr Glenn Crocker, MBE DPhil
Executive Director, Pioneer Group
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Mandie Stravino OBE
Chief Executive Officer of Derby College
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Graham Cartledge
Chairman of Handley House
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Scott Knowles
Chief Executive at East Midlands Chamber
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Cllr Carolyn Renwick
Derbyshire County Council
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Cllr Keith Girling
Deputy Leader of Newark & Sherwood District Council
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Cllr Matthew Relf
Executive Lead Regeneration and Planning, Ashfield District Council
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Cllr Chris Emmas-Williams
Leader of Amber Valley Borough Council
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Viv Russell
Chief Executive of the Minerals Products Qualifications Council and President of the Institute of Quarrying
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Cllr David Mellen
Leader of the Nottingham City Council
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Cllr Baggy Shanker
Leader of Derby City Council
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Elizabeth Fagan CBE
Chair
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Cllr Jo White
Bassetlaw District Council
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Cllr John Clarke
Gedling Borough Council
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Cllr Tricia Gilby
Chesterfield Borough Council
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Jo Bradley-Fortune
Nottinghamshire YMCA
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Cllr Audra Wynter
Nottingham City Council
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Cllr James Dawson
Erewash Borough Council
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David Williams
Geldards LLP
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Cllr Carolyn Renwick
Derbyshire County Council
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Cllr Keith Girling
Deputy Leader of Newark & Sherwood District Council
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Cllr Nadine Peatfield
Derby City Council
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Denise Baker
University of Derby
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Lee Osborne
Federation of Small Businesses
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Jennie Willock
Futures
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Lisa Hawes
Education and Skills Funding Agency
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Edward Peck
Vice-Chancellor and President of Nottingham Trent University
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Chris Pook
Nottingham City Council
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Chris Hobson
East Midlands Chamber of Commerce
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Nick Booth
Uniper
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Ian Bond
Inspire (Inclusion Rep)
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Joe Battye
Derbyshire County Council
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Nicola Caley
Murray Park School
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Julie Beresford
Bassetlaw District Council
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Jason Austin
RNN Group
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Liz Wigley
Department for Business and Trade
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Sonja Smith
Nottinghamshire County Council
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Mike Roylance
South Derbyshire District Council
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Veronica Dennant
Newark and Sherwood District Council
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Penny Halewood
Groundwork Five Counties
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Lorraine Baggs
Invest in Nottingham
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Katrina Crookdake
Dept for Business & Trade
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Joelle Davies
Nottinghamshire County Council
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Geoff George
Mansfield District Council
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Catherine Evans
Rushcliffe Borough Council
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Tim Bagshaw
Derby City Council
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Stacey Green
Institute of Directors
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Ian Cuddington
Rolls-Royce
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Melanie Davidson
Medilink
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Tim Freeman
Deputy Managing Director Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
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Claire Twells
Smith Partnership
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Martyn Handley
Derbyshire County Council
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Julian Bowrey
Innovate UK
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Julian Stone
Inception Associates
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Alex Ford
CT Skills (Inclusion Rep)
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Keith Cox
Bloc Digital
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Ben Sumner
University of Nottingham
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Lewis Stringer
British Business Park
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Martin Rigley
Lindhurst Engineering
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Clinton Walker
Security Aware (Inclusion Rep)
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Mike Epton
Centre for Management and Business Development
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David Bee
Uniper
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Jeremy Hague
Nottingham Trent University
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John Collins
Professional Coaching Alliance LTD
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Stephen Jackson
Marketing NG
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Rachel Hayward
Ask the Chameleon
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Ian Harrison
Department for International Trade
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John Forkin
Marketing Derby
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Huw Bowen
Chesterfield Borough Council
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Jo Dilley
Visit Peak District & Derbyshire
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Warren Manning
University of Derby
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Dominic Stevens
Destination Sheffield
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Diane Beresford
East Midlands Chamber
Strategy
In order to be successful and relevant, D2N2 retains agile leadership, analysing commercial data as well as national policy and political events whilst subjecting its operations to rigorous review.
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