Board of Directors

The Chamber’s Board of Directors are a group of individuals who are profoundly experienced, respected and successful in business – all specialising in different fields and sectors.

The Board together is greater than the sum of its parts and, individually and collectively, are well qualified to assist the Senior Leadership Team in driving the Chamber – and by proxy its members - forward strategically to even greater heights and success.

	Chair of the Board of Directors: Ian Morgan OBE - Wellglade Ian Morgan is Deputy Chairman of the Wellglade, a group of six bus operators and a cleaning business which is better known by its largest subsidiary trent barton ‘the really good bus company’. More about Ian Morgan
	President: Eileen Richards MBE - Eileen Richards Recruitment Ltd Eileen is the founder of Eileen Richards Recruitment Ltd. with over 25 years experience within the recruitment industry, Eileen is also Co-Chair of Enterprising Women, a Trustee for Hope Against Cancer and a committee member for Wooden Spoon Children's Charity. More about Eileen Richards
	Immediate Past-President: Dawn Edwards - Challenge Consulting Dawn is Managing Director of award-winning Nottinghamshire-based business Challenge Consulting. More about Dawn Edwards
	Kevin Harris - RSM Kevin has worked in the accountancy profession for more than 30 years and specialises in helping businesses determine and execute their corporate strategy. More about Kevin Harris
	Dr Darren Clark - Medilink East Midlands Limited Darren is the Chief Executive Officer of Medilink East Midlands, the industry support organisation for healthcare and bioscience companies. More about Dr Darren Clark
	Stuart Dawkins - Board Member Stuart has a wide range of business experience, including heading strategic planning and corporate communications for a FTSE100 company. He is an experienced board member for organisations from a wide variety of sectors. More about Stuart Dawkins
	Mark Deakin - Turner &Townsend  Mark has worked within the property sector for over twenty-five years having trained as a chartered quantity surveyor and project manager. More about Mark Deakin
	James Fry - Mills & Reeve LLP James is a partner with the national law firm Mills & Reeve LLP where he heads its life sciences practice. James has a long association with the East Midlands having lived and worked in the region for over 20 years. More about James Fry
	Jaffer Kapasi OBE - J A Kapasi & Co Ltd Jaffer Kapasi has an academic and professional background in finance, with extensive experience as a Managing Director of his own accountancy practice. More about Jaffer Kapasi
	Scott Knowles - Chamber Chief Executive Scott is Chief Executive at East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) and lives near Matlock, Derbyshire. More about Scott Knowles
	Martin Rigley MBE - Lindhurst Engineering Martin has been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Lindhurst Engineering since 1994 and was previously an electrical engineer for British Coal for 13 years. More about Martin Rigley
	John Robinson - Institute of Export  John retired from a senior post at NATO headquarters after a successful career in the RAF and merged second careers in both international trade and higher-level teaching at a number of East Midlands colleges and universities where he taught all the Institute of Export's qualifications. More about John Robinson
	Vice President: Lindsey Williams - Futures Housing Group Lindsey has been Group Chief Executive since Futures Housing was formed as Amber Valley Housing in 2003. More about Lindsey Williams
	Neil Williams, Amazon UK Neil is Public Relations Manager at Amazon UK. More about Neil Williams
	Craig Brothers, Affari Media Craig is co-founder of Nottingham based Creative Agency - Affari Media. More about Craig Brothers
	Dr Peter Dewhurst, University of Derby Peter is Commercial Director at the University of Derby More about Dr Peter Dewhurst
	David Williams, Chairman and Partner, Geldards LLP David Williams is the Chairman of Geldards LLP and has been with the firm since 1989. David was pivotal to the firm’s expansion and success in England in the 1990’s before taking on the role of Chairman. More about David Williams
	Dawn Whitemore, Chief Executive and Principal, SMB College Group Dawn has over 25 years’ experience operating at a senior level in Further Education, Higher Education and private sector organisations. She has a wealth of experience in building and driving high performing teams to deliver the best outcomes for learners, staff and partners. More about Dawn Whitemore
	Dr Cham Kang, Chief Visionary Officer, Qinesis Cham started his career in research and development as a Research Chemist and then progressed into sales and marketing on a global level before setting up Qinesis, a business growth company in 2004. More about Dr Cham Kang