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| Keith Madeley - Chairman |
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Keith was brought up and educated in Bradford, Yorkshire. At the age of sixteen his passion for the railways led him to work for British Rail in the South East where he eventually became Britain’s youngest Station Master at the age of 21.
When Keith eventually moved back to Yorkshire he established an independent financial services company which he sold in 2004.
Now, as Chairman of the Yorkshire Society and the Duke of York’s Community Initiative, Keith engages with diverse communities in discussions to promote harmony and understanding for the benefit of all.
Keith’s passion is to bring together relevant expertise from all sectors to facilitate discussion for a realistic, sustainable programme for rural and urban regeneration. Keith and a leading Financial Services Lawyer are launching the People’s Regeneration Co Ltd to enable ethical investment in this sector.
As well as being Chairman of Community Partnership Solutions Ltd, Keith holds a variety of other positions including Chairman of Great Northern Solutions Ltd and Cable-Talk Communications Ltd; Director/Chairman of Business Development for North of England Excellence Ltd; Chair of the Prince’s Trust (Yorkshire and Humber) Founding Vice President of the Centre for Political Participation and President of CISV (Leeds and West Yorkshire) |
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| Chris Leech MBE |
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Chris Leech, the founder of CPS, worked in the rail industry for ten years. He was awarded an MBE in October 2007 in the Queen's birthday honours list for services to community engagement in the transport industry.
Chris delivered a variety of community engagement strategies that helped to redefine the rail industry’s perception of how to implement a cohesive and successful corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy.
Education through youth engagement has been fundamental to many of the strategies he has produced to ensure that both the needs of an organisation and local communities are met. |
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| Bill Webster |
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Bill Webster has held senior posts in the education and business development sectors over the past twenty years. His previous role as the Deputy Principal at one of the largest FE Colleges in the country included an extended period as the Acting Principal and Chief Executive.
Prior to this he spent seven years working in Hong Kong in a senior role in the vocational education sector. This followed extensive experience working across Asia and the Middle East.
He has held a number of external Directorships including being the current Chairman of Directions Community Interest Company. His current role includes interim assignments supporting the transition and change management projects as well as a Chief Executive role at the new Backstage Academy organisation, an innovative project focused on training for the live performance sector. Bill is also a Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality. |
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| Dr Rory Perrett |
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Dr. Rory Perrett qualified as a Mining and Manufacturing Engineer responsible for the successful delivery of a number of both private and public sector projects. Moving from a career in engineering management he developed considerable expertise in technology and knowledge transfer.
Working in both Higher and Further Education, Rory has been responsible for developing and delivering a significant number of business education development partnerships responsible for a wide range of business improvements through innovation and knowledge application.
While working at Lincoln University, Rory managed the creation of the university’s Student Business Incubator, Sparkhouse Studios. Over the last four years he has continued this type of work as Managing Director of Doncaster Business Innovation Centre. This work with entrepreneurs and business start-ups includes an interest in, and experience of, social enterprise and economic and social regeneration. |
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| John Vallender |
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John’s particular interest is the application of high quality practical education in informal and community settings.
John moved from managing his family manufacturing retail business into formal education in 1975 where he gained 25 years teaching experience in inner city Further Education Colleges in Birmingham, as a manager and principle lecturer.
In 2000 John left formal education to set up Mayfly-Communications and to concentrate on authoring and publishing interactive e-learning resources to support learners following practical vocational studies.
In 2005 John was appointed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), on behalf of the Department of Health, to establish a quality assurance, accreditation and support programme for providers of community safety education in England. Known as LASER (Learning About Safety by Experiencing Risk), good LASER activities provide children with opportunities to learn how to recognise and deal with issues through simulation, role play and practical activity. The programme had more than 140 members representing some 200 events at which some 200,000 children each year learn about personal safety, health and wellbeing, citizenship and aspects of criminal behaviour.
In late 2008 was appointed to set up and manage the then Department of Children Schools and Families (DCSF) Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC). The projects purpose was to contribute towards the British Government’s commitment to reduce the number and severity of unintended injuries being reported and admitted at accident and emergency departments in England. During his management and leadership the CSEC team gained valuable insights into what works when planning to change behaviour to reduce unintended injury suffered by children and young people. Central to CSEC’s success was its use of ‘high quality practical safety education’ in community and leisure settings. At the end of its funding cycle the CSEC network represented a coalition of over 120 leading safety organisations. |
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| Professor David Auckland |
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Professor David Auckland began his professional career as a power systems engineer. After time in industry he joined the University of Manchester’s Department of Electrical Engineering, eventually assuming the Chair of Electrical Energy Systems.
After some years as Head of Department and as Graduate Dean in the Graduate School of Science Engineering and Medicine, David left engineering to take up a personal chair, sponsored by local business, of Business Creation in the University of Manchester. This allowed him to develop his interest in enterprise and innovation, which arose from his work as Graduate Dean.
David has always been involved in the commercialisation of ideas, launching his first company when in the Electrical Engineering Department. This experience led him to set up a business incubator in the University followed by the formation of the Manchester Science Enterprise Centre and One Central Park. The Enterprise Centre is devoted to training graduates and undergraduates in the arts of innovation and enterprise and One Central Park to economic regeneration through enterprise and education.
In 2003 David launched Innovation Lab Ltd, of which he is CEO, devoted to promoting and nurturing innovation in education and industry. |
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| Andrew Upton |
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Andrew Upton has substantial experience in all aspects of media production as a consultant, executive and as an award winning director - he is rated in the top five best film directors in the UK.
His previous experience includes acting as a business consultant to multi-national organisations and as a board director of a software development company specialising in mobile applications.
Andrew is also CEO of Firestorm, an award winning multi platform and film production company. The company has produced work for some of the world’s largest FMCG companies such as Apple, Sony, GE and Virgin as well as working for some of the world’s largest media brands.
More recently, Firestorm has become a leader and innovator in digital multi platform content delivery, which is seen as the next step in broadcasting evolution. It is a strong reputation for technological excellence as well as an award winning content background that is enabling Firestorm to produce highly innovative content solutions and forge ahead as one of the leaders in this field. |
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| Glenn Hazelhurst |
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With a keen interest and ability in art and design, Glenn Hazelhurst started his working life in the printing and graphics industry as a print originator, compositor and print manager.
However Glenn also had a strong passion and ability in sport and opted for a change in career in the late 1980s related to the sports industry. As a Leeds Carnegie graduate this change in direction ultimately led to a number of coaching, teaching and management posts within the professional sport and education sectors.
Before joining Community Partnership Solutions Glenn was Director of Community Sports Partnerships at Doncaster College. In this role he developed and managed a variety of collaborative initiatives within local and regional partnership networks that included the Local Education Authority, Primary Care Trust, Community Support Agencies and Professional Sports Clubs.
The initiatives included small bespoke sports, health and event management related projects through to more extended work-based apprenticeship programmes. Glenn has a wide experience of working within both the community and a formal educational setting concerning, young people, adults and families.
Glenn is particularly committed to social justice with a keen interest in developing new, innovative and effective ways of tackling community-related issues of social exclusion and low attainment levels. |
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| Steve Burt |
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Steve Burt is an experienced executive working with organisations such as Dun & Bradstreet and British Petroleum and on change management projects with Bain & Co. and McKinsey. He has provided strategic management leadership to a multi-billion pound business conglomerate.
He has board level and business development leadership skills, with experience in both private and public organisations working with shareholders, politicians, unions and NGOs. He has managed complex global contracts and advised on health, safety, environmental cost and risk management in a number of industries. He introduced and launched retail stores in over 200 health club locations in the UK, USA and Europe as well as co-authored the operating standards for those establishments, becoming the first person to implement ISO 9001 in the industry.
He is retained by technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, print, publishing, oil, mining, brewing, retail and property organisations advising on sustainability economic strategies and planning. He designed and led one of the first global environmental measuring, reporting and costing projects for the largest independent global airline provisions company, which services some 250 airlines at a 100 locations and was the key sustainability and CSR advisor for a £1.8 billion contract submission. |
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| Rob Hinton |
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Rob Hinton is the Church of England’s Minister to the Business Community in Leeds, the biggest Banking, Finance and Insurance centre in the UK outside of London.
This post is to a large extent a new idea the CofE with the aim of placing a full time minister who can offer support, empathy and guidance amongst the senior people who shape the city and set the pressures under which the rest of us work.
Rob has united with CPS in order to offer his insight into the culturally rich fabric of religion and its impact on today’s society. This information ensures CPS can deliver structured and balanced initiatives for its broad spectrum of clients who wish to engage with the communities they serve.
Contact details: Rev. Rob Hinton
Minister to Business in Leeds
Mobile 07540 448337
Email: revrobhinton@hotmail.com |
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