
Elizabeth Fagan CBE
Chair

Elizabeth Fagan became Chair of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership in July 2018. Elizabeth is the recent former Non-Executive Chairman of Boots, having been appointed as the first female Managing Director of Boots in 2016. Elizabeth sits on the board of the Office for Students, the independent regulator for higher education in England. She is also a Non-Executive Director of the Australian listed pooling solutions company Brambles.
A past President of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers and member and past President of the Women in Advertising and Communications Club, Elizabeth was also a member of the ASA Council for six years. In August 2013, she became a Fellow of the Marketing Society and, in the same year, was awarded a Cosmetic Executive Women UK, Achiever Award.
Elizabeth has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by Nottingham Trent University and in January 2020 received a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for her services to gender equality in business.

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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David Williams
Geldards LLP
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Cllr Chris Emmas-Williams
Leader of Amber Valley Borough Council
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Cllr Carolyn Renwick
Derbyshire County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Environment
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Natasha Johnson
Director of Partnerships at Global Entrepreneurs UK
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Cllr Matthew Relf
Executive Lead Regeneration and Planning, Ashfield District Council
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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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Tim Freeman
Deputy Managing Director Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) LTD.
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Scott Knowles
Chief Executive at East Midlands Chamber
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Edward Peck
Vice-Chancellor and President of Nottingham Trent University
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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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Councillor David Mellen
Leader of the Nottingham City Council
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Councillor Keith Girling
Deputy Leader of Newark & Sherwood District 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 Matthew Holmes
Derby City Council
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Cllr Richard Jackson
Nottinghamshire County Council
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Cllr Sam Webster
Nottingham City Council
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Cllr Carole Hart
Erewash Borough Council
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David Williams
Geldards LLP
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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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James Brand
United Cast Bar
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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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Owen Harvey
Nottingham City Council
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Jason Austin
RNN Group
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Pauline Anderson
Derby City Council
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Liz Wigley
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
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Mike Firth
Education and Skills Funding Agency
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Sharon Hutley
Nottingham Trent University
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Sonia 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 Greater Nottinghamshire
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Julian Bowrey
Innovate UK
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Allison Westray-Chapman
Derbyshire County Council
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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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Charlotte Horobin
Make UK
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Claire Twells
Smith Partnership
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Natalie Gasson-Mckinley
FSB
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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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Darren Clarke
Medilink
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Nicola Swaney
Rolls Royce
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David Bee
Uniper
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Paul Eeles
IOD
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Jeremy Hague
NTU
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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
DIT
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John Forkin
Marketing Derby
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Huw Bowen
Chesterfield BC (D2 Districts)
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Jo Dilley
MPDD
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Gareth O’Donovan
Derby CC
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Warren Manning
University of Derby
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Emma Knight-Strong
Green Arch Consultancy
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Robert Dixon
Nottingham QC
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Dominic Stevens
Destination Sheffield
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David Wright
BEIS
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Richard Blackmore
CBI
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Diane Beresford
EM 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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