Cheshire and Warrington Business Advisory Board

Steve Purdham

Chair of Board, Westfield Health

Steve is a serial technology entrepreneur and is the nominated Chair of the Business Advisory Board.

Christopher Hindley, OBE

Chief Executive, The Youth Federation

Chris is Chief Executive of the Youth Federation, a group of charities and companies that deliver programmes that support Cheshire and Warrington’s young people.

Peter Broxton

Director of Tectores Ltd and NED at Brio Leisure.

With a background in healthcare Peter runs a medical footcare business and is Vice Chair of Brio, a major provider of leisure and wellbeing services in Cheshire West and Chester.

Nichola Newton

Principal and CEO, Warrington and Vale Royal College

Nichola has worked in Further Education for over 30 years and is an ardent advocate of the power of lifelong learning to change lives for the better.

Rupert Collis

Partner, Head of Commercial Lease Advisory, Fisher German

Rupert is a Partner based in Fisher German’s Knutsford office and is Head of Commercial Lease Advisory.

Trevor Brocklebank

Chair, Marketing Cheshire

Trevor currently holds a portfolio of Non-Executive roles.

Adrian Curry

Executive Director and Chief Decarbonisation Officer, EET Fuels

Having recently finished a twenty-year career in the glass industry, with Encirc, where Adrian grew the business from a start up to the scale it is today, he has now joined EET in a senior executive role.

Ian Traynor

Luminate Ventures

Ian joins the BAB in an ex-officio role on behalf of a Business Representative Organisation, Cheshire Business Group

Terry Hayward

Chief Executive, North Cheshire Chamber of Commerce

Terry joins the BAB in an ex-officio role on behalf of the Chambers of Commerce of Cheshire and Warrington who together represent over 1,000 businesses of all sizes.

Jane Hough

Deputy Director for Business Improvement Districts and Business Services, Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside

Jane joins the BAB in an ex-officio role on behalf of Cheshire and Warrington Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

Helen Gbormittah

North West Deputy Regional Director, CBI

Helen has been with the CBI for over 10 years and is responsible for engaging with and representing business leaders on key policy and regulatory issues affecting the North West region.

Jan Chillery

Partner, Aaron & Partners and Chair, Chester Business Club

Jan is a solicitor insolvency practitioner, Governor of COCH NHS Foundation Trust and 9 years’ NED of a housing association.

Gaurav Batra

Chairman, Think Energy Group; Chairman, The Bolesworth Estate

Gaurav is an experienced senior leader with a strong pedigree in investment, M&A and driving strategic growth in promising businesses.

Helen Tonks MBE

Founder & Director, Hydraulics Online Ltd

With a background in blue-chip financial services change management, Helen co-founded Hydraulics Online Ltd with her husband in 2004.

Maggie Chen

Co-founder, Girls in Charge Initiative

Maggie is a young leader with an impressive track record of social innovation and founding and scaling a successful social enterprise.

Jill Jones

Non-exec Director DSW Capital PLC

A Chartered Accountant, Jill is a non-executive director on a number of Boards, both commercial and non-profit making. Previously she was a Regional Managing Partner and a main Board director for one of the major UK accountancy firms.

Yannis Loucopoulos

CEO, Tristone Capital Ltd

Yannis has built a highly-successful social impact investment company (Tristone Capital) which has grown through an ambitious buy-and-build strategy since its inception in 2017.

Andrea Stott

Director ChangeLogix, Non-Exec Director Chain+Conveyor Ltd.

Andrea brings a wealth of experience across industries and sectors including, FMCG.

Annabel Turpin

Chief Executive, Storyhouse

Annabel relocated from the North East to Chester in late 2023 to start as CEO at Storyhouse following a successful career leading arts organisations both in the North East and nationally.

Paul Taylor

Director, Taylor Estates (Cheshire) Limited

Paul is a passionate Warrington man with a career leading his family’s property business, Taylor Estates.

Annette McDonald

Director of Sustainability & Partnerships, Tatton Estates

Annette has previously served on the former LEP board and she brings a great deal of knowledge and understanding of the political landscape in Cheshire and Warrington.