The Board members are as follows:
•Private sector LEP Board members
Neil McLean, DLA Piper (Chair)
John Parkin, Chief Executive, Leeds Bradford International Airport
Stephen Kennedy, Chief Operating Officer of CPPGroup plc, York
Mark Ridgway, Managing Director of Group Rhodes, Wakefield
Stephanie Burras, Chief Executive, Leeds Ahead
Gary Jones, Chairman, MSA Engineering Systems Ltd & Heights Group, Halifax
Paul Hamer, Chief Executive Officer, WYG Group, Leeds
Brian Cantor, Vice Chancellor, University of York
Gary Lumby, Director of Small Business Banking, Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks
•Local authority LEP Board members
Leeds, Cllr Keith Wakefield
Bradford, Cllr Ian Greenwood
Kirklees, Cllr Mehboob Khan
Wakefield, Cllr Peter Box
Calderdale, Cllr Janet Battye
York, Cllr James Alexander
North Yorkshire, Cllr John Weighell
Harrogate, Cllr Don Mackenzie
The Board meets monthly in private. Every month we publish the agenda and approved minutes of the month before. These can be accessed from this page.
The LEP Board will meet on the following dates in 2012: 26 January, 23 February, 22 March, 26 April, 24 May, 21 June, 26 July, 23 August, 20 September, 18 October, 22 November and 20 December.