IoD Midlands Spring

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Paul Eele
Vice Chair and Interim Chair,
Branch Ambassador,
Skills and Education
Stacey Green Diversity and Inclusion
Julie Pomeroy Chartered Director and
Professional Development
Greg Simpson Marketing and Communications
John Jennings Employee and Business Engagement
Lindsey Newman-Wood
Innovation & Creativity
Phil Webster Business Improvement
Peter Wingrove Mental Health & Wellbeing
Sam Kirk
Young
Paul Eeles
Paul has over 33 years’ experience in the post-16
skills sector, including seven years as a lecturer and
13 years leading work-based learning within colleges
and independent providers. During that time, he has
set up and led an independent apprenticeship training
provider business. For the past nearly two decades, he has been on
the senior teams of all the key membership bodies across the
further education and skills sector, representing apprenticeship
providers and colleges to government and their agencies.
Peter Wingrove
Peter started his career as an executive recruitment
consultant before returning to South Africa in the
early 2000s to set up Southacre Consulting, a
boutique marketing services firm consulting to
several large clients for several years. He then joined
Walmart subsidiary Massmart where he gained
extensive retail management experience.
Having experienced mental health issues within his family, Peter
has a deep understanding of how debilitating this can be and is a
staunch advocate for early intervention. In 2019 he was head-hunted
to lead Shawmind, a young charity on a mission to ensure that
everyone has access to mental health & wellbeing support when
they need it.
Julie Pomeroy
Julie is an experienced finance director of quoted
and private companies. She was director of
corporate finance at East Midlands Electricity plc
and had a key role in two main list flotations and also
led a reverse onto AIM. For the the last 10 years Julie
has been Group Finance Director of Dillistone Group Plc, an
Aim listed company specialising in recruitment related software.
Julie also spent eight years as a non-executive director of
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She holds the
Chartered Director qualification.
Stacey Green
Stacey is the co-founder of Freedom Foundation
CIC and the TIRED Movement (Trying to Improve
Racial Equality in the Dance industry). She is also
the Principal of Freedom Dance & Performance in
Nottingham. With over 25 years of experience working
within the performing arts industry teaching children and young
people, Stacey has a passion and drive to improve equality and
inclusion within businesses and organisations and works
extensively in schools across the East Midlands to improve mental
health and wellbeing.
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Greater Lincolnshire & Rutland
Michelle Allison Vice Chair
Louise Malcolmson Skills and Education
Emma Olivier-Townrow Diversity and Inclusion
Richard Wills
Policy and Governance
Kate Strawson
Marketing/Communications*
* Currently on maternity leave;
Emma Van Nieuwenhuijzen covering
John Hebblethwaite Financial Planning and
Wealth Management
David Thompson Professional Services and Finance
Tom Marsden
Defence and Vice Chair
Mike Simpson
Health
Graham Harrison Digital
Craig Topley
Construction and Engineering
Kerrin Wilson QPM Co-opted Branch Ambassador
Policing and Criminal Justice
Tom Marsden
Tom is an experienced senior leader with 25
years’ experience in leading high performing
teams, delivering tasks in the most challenging
environments, including national and local
government.
Roles as strategic planner with both international coalition
and cross-Whitehall experience required deft communication
skills, complex stakeholder management and policy
compliant decision making, skills which readily translate to a
fast-paced business environment.
Louise Malcomson
Louise is an experienced education
professional with a passion for developing the
skills of young people and adults.
She is an ambitious and committed senior leader
accountable for providing clear and consistent leadership
within education and skills to ensure a high level of quality in
the delivery of educational programmes across all phases of
learning. She has extensive experience in Quality Assurance,
Teaching, Learning and Assessment and a strong knowledge
and understanding of the educational landscape.
Mike Simpson
Michael Simpson is the Ambassador for Health
for the Lincolnshire & Rutland Branch and
over the past 19 months has been the
Associate Director for Strategic Development
and the lead Director for the Urgent and
Emergency Care Capital Reconfiguration Programme at
Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust.
Kate Strawson
As one of the co-founders of Shooting Star,
Kate has worked on many of the agency’s key
accounts over the past 13 years including
Midlands Enterprise Universities and the
Greater Lincolnshire LEP. A qualified journalist
who has worked in print and broadcast as well as in public
and private sector PR, Kate completed her degree in
Journalism at the University of Lincoln in 2001 and worked in
PR for bespoke kitchen manufacturer Scottwood of
Nottingham and as a journalist at Lincs FM Group before
returning to the University of Lincoln as press officer in 2005.
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