Physical scientist by background with 30 years experience in research and exploitation in the medical and health sector, working in the Universities of Edinburgh and London before taking up the post of Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Leeds in 1989.  Subsequently became Dean of Research for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Psychology and Health at the University of Leeds and Director of Research and Development in the Leeds NHS Teaching Hospitals before moving to the University of Teesside in 2003 to become Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Research and Enterprise.  In 2006, moved to Sheffield Hallam University as Pro Vice-Chancellor.

 

Chartered Physicist, Chartered Scientist, Registered Clinical Scientist, Fellow of the Institute of Physicists and Engineers in Medicine, Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Fellow of the British Institute of Radiology. President of the Institute of Radiology in its Centenary Year and served on many national government committees.

Rachel Fletcher is Managing Director of FCS Associates, an economic regeneration consultancy she started in 2003 to provide support and advice to public and private sector clients on the delivery of regeneration and research projects of transformational significance. Rachel has been involved in a number of high profile developments and has a broad range of thematic interests including entrepreneurship, skills and research and development.

 

Prior to establishing FCS, Rachel was Managing Director of Beta Technology, an innovation and technology consultancy company based in Doncaster.  During her time at Beta, Rachel was the UK representative on the EU SME National Contact Point Committee.  She was also responsible for the commercial development of Beta’s key services resulting in the company becoming the leading national SME technology and innovation consultancy company.

 

Rachel has lived in Sheffield all her life apart from a brief period at Leicester University studying her first degree, which she has subsequently built upon undertaking an MBA at Sheffield Hallam University.

 

Rachel’s previous Board participations have included that of Industrial Representative for the Learning and Skills Council and a member of the South Yorkshire Board for The Institute of Directors.

Ian was born in Warwick and has lived in Sheffield since 1979. He started work for Yorkshire Water as a Waste Water Treatment Operator and Trade Union Convenor before becoming their Health & Safety Manager.   From 2000, he worked for Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit.  He currently works for Southey and Owlerton Area Regeneration Partnership (SOAR) as their Partnership Manager.

 

He has supported the development of many social enterprises, one the most innovative being a construction company called SOAR Build - a joint venture between SOAR and Keepmoat.  Ian was the first direct employee of SOAR in September 2005 and has taken the business from 100% grant reliance to 5% reliance in 5 years. SOAR has developed a holistic approach to employability aligning services based on the whole person/household approach.  SOAR are also developing two capital projects that have a gross value of £8.5m.

 

Ian currently lives in Pitsmoor and in is his spare time he plays squash, football and the congas.

 

 

 

 

District Commander for Sheffield. 

 

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Ronnie Lewin is the Director of Genius Design, a bespoke creative contemporary furniture manufacture business based in Sheffield. He is also the current Chair of Burngreave New Deal for Communities, an inner city regeneration programme aimed a closing the gap between some of the most disadvantaged communities within the city and the city average, through positive interventions.

 

Ronnie was born in Sheffield’s east end in 1972.  Whilst growing up, he witnessed much social decay within his local area and was inspired to find out how and why these situations arose. Ronnie believes that all people have the ability to contribute to a city’s success if given a real equal chance to unlock talent and that extreme poverty and social isolation greatly cost us all. His past roles include the establishment of the Sheffield BME Business network at the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, putting finance and economics at the heart of sustainable BME communities and the Sheffield BME Volcom network. Ronnie’s key interests are equalities, social mobility and community development within Sheffield.