Cheshire and Warrington Business Advisory Board
Member & Nomination Profiles
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, Chester Race Company Limited (Board Committee)
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.