Who's Who

Chairman and Staff - Business Voice WM

Barrie Williams - Chairman

James Watkins - Executive Director

Bernadette Edwards Business Co-ordinator

Hannah Martin - Administration Officer

The Council – Governing Body of Business Voice WM

Chairman - Barrie Williams

Asian Business Forum Member - Dr Sarindar Singh Sahota OBE

Association of Colleges Member - Norman Cave

Confederation of British Industry - Chris Clifford

Birmingham Law Society - Bernard Shepherd

British Ceramic Confederation - Laura Cohen

Chartered Institute of Building Member - Geoff Minshull

West Midlands Chambers of Commerce Member - Simon Topman

Country Land and Business Association Member - Frances Beatty

Engineering Employers' Federation Member - Martin Wassell

Federation of Small Businesses Member - David Caro

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Member - Barry Matthews

Institute of Directors Member - Richard Ward

Institution of Civil Engineers - Len Threadgold

Midland Association of Restaurants, Caterers, Hotels and Entertainment - Michael Mason

National Farmers Union - Arthur Hill

National Federation of Retail Newsagents - Parminder Singh

National Housing Federation - Chris Handy

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Member - Gurdip Chamba

Civil Engineering Contactors Association - Brian Frost

United Kingdom IT Association - Tom Brookes

Co-operatives West Midlands - John Boot

Universities West Midlands - Paul Richards

West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum - Mohammed Nazir

West Midlands Developers Alliance - Chris Rosier

Chartered Institute of Marketing - Paul Connor

The Council – Alternate Members

Asian Business Forum - Prithvi Chopra

Association of Colleges - Ray Faulkner

Chartered Institute of Building -Martin Chambers

Federation of Small Businesses -Bruce Undy
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - Shirley Hutchinson, John Kelly
National Farmers' Union - Cecil Thomas

Country Land and Business Association - Matthew Dugdale

Institution of Civil Engineers - John Blakemore

National Federation of Retail Newsagents - Anne Newman

United Kingdom IT Association - Fred Noble

West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum - Sarabjeet Coar

Board Members – Business Voice WM Ltd

Chairman - Barrie Williams
Executive Director - James Watkins
Members: Dr Sarindar Singh Sahota OBE, Simon Topman, Richard Boot, David Caro, Debbie Walsh, David Collier, Paul Kalinauckas, Martin Wassell, Chris Clifford, Jerry Blackett, Richard Brennan

Business Sector Member - Joint Strategy and Investment Board

Barrie Williams - Business Voice WM Chairman

Regional Enterprise Board – under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands

Barrie Williams - Business Voice WM Chairman

Peter Wall - CBI

Peter Henderson - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Regional Skills Partnership Board – under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands

Clive Stone - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Transport Executive - Officers Group linked to the Joint Strategy and Investment Board

Jerry Blackett - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Transport Panel - Senior Transport Group linked to the Joint Strategy and Investment Board

Brian Summers - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Regional International Trade Group - under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands

Richard Ward - Institute of Directors

2012 Olympics Regional Leadership Group - under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands

Peter Rees- Steer - full member - Institute of Directors

George Marsh - alternate member - Chartered Institute of Building

2012 Olympics Regional Leadership Group - under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands

Grant Melrose

Birmingham and Black Country City Region Board (also covers Solihull)

Full Member - Bill Cooper (West Midlands Chambers of Commerce)

Full Member - Mike Dell (West Midlands Chambers of Commerce)

Business Sector Representative – West Midlands Leaders Boards's Regional Planning Officers Group

Paul Williams - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Roger Stone - Country Land and Business Association

Investment Advisory Panel - (under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands)

Bernard Shepherd - Birmingham Law Society

Business Sector Representative – Advantage West Midlands EU R&D Group

Mike Hill - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Business Sector Representative – Government Office for the West Midlands' Regional Resilience Forum

James Watkins - Business Voice WM

Business Sector Representative – Board of West Midlands Regional Observatory (under auspices of Advantage West Midlands)

Peter Shearer - Universities West Midlands

ERDF Group - (under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands)

Denise Craig - Federation of Small Businesses

Extended Data Group - (under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands)

Denise Craig - Federation of Small Businesses

Birmingham International Airport's Flying in Formation Group

Bruce Undy - Federation of Small Businesses

Regional Health Partnership - under the auspices of Government Office for the West Midlands

Gary Saunders - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce, Roger Trotman - Engineering Employers Federation

Regional Planning Group (Skills) - under the auspices of Government Office for the West Midlands

James Watkins - Business Voice WM

Minority Ethnic Enterprise Centre of Excellence - (under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands)

Dr Sarindar Singh Sahota OBE - Asian Business Forum

Brownfield Land Working Group – under the auspices of Advantage West Midlands

Rob Milller – Chartered Institute of Building

National Finance Forum – under the auspices of UK Trade and Investment

Richard Brennan – Business Voice WM

Construction Action Plan Implementation Group

Ian Priest – Chartered Institute of Building

European and International Affairs Partnership – Reports to Joint Strategy and Investment Board

David Burton – West Midlands Chambers of Commerce
Mike Cherry – Federation of Small Businesses
Sir William Lawrence- Midland Association of Restaurants, Caterers, Hotels and Entertainment
Arthur Hill – National Farmers Union

Housing Officers Group – under the auspices of the West Midlands Leaders Board

Jenny Dereham – Country Land and Business Association
Gurdip Chamba – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Regional Planning Officers Group – under the auspices of the West Midlands Leaders Board

Paul Williams – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Roger Stone – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership – under the auspices of the Home Office

Paul Hanna – West Midlands Chambers of Commerce