Agenda item

(Led by: Mark Roberts, Lead Officer: Caroline Allen)

That the LEP Board:

10.1.   Notes the local authority representatives and substitutes appointed to the LEP Board set out in Appendix 1 of this report. 

10.2    Confirms the current private sector representatives on the LEP Board as set out in Appendix 1 of this report and agrees to extend the terms of office for Prof. Shirley Congdon, Kamran Rashid and Kully Thiarai, each for a further three-year term to 28 February 2026.

10.3    Notes that recruitment for new private sector LEP Board members is underway and delegates authority to the Mayor and Chief Executive to make appointments as appropriate on behalf of the Board and to update the Board accordingly.

10.4    Notes the update on the vacancies for the LEP Chair and LEP Deputy Chair. 

10.5    Confirms the member of the LEP Board to represent and engage with the SME business community and Chair the Business Communications Group in the role of SME Champion. 

10.6    Confirms a LEP Diversity Champion. 

10.7    Notes the recommendation in relation to the member of the LEP Board who will act as Trade & Investment Champion. 

10.8    Appoints Barney Mynott of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as a co-optee member to the LEP Board to represent the Business Representatives Group and Martin Hathaway of the Mid Yorkshire Chamber as the named substitute for Barney Mynott for a one year period. 

10.9    Approves the extension of the terms of appointment of co-optee members Asma Iqbal and Nicky Chance-Thompson by a further year.

10.10  Provides feedback on the format and frequency of meetings during 2023/24.

The Board considered a report of the Head of Legal and Governance Services which noted the local authority representatives and private sector members appointed to the Board for the new municipal year 2023/24. The report also noted the vacancy for the LEP Chair and Deputy Chair and the appointment of several LEP Board champions.

The Chair introduced the item and officers then presented the report, they explained that:

·        For the Interim Chair and members to note the local authority representatives, appointed to the Board alongside;

·       The process to seek new private sector membership of the Board and the renewal of the terms of some existing private sector members.

·        Members noted the vacancy for the LEP Chair and noted the Mayor’s appointment of a LEP Deputy Chair, which would be announced to the meeting.

To confirm the following appointments:

·        LEP SME Champion – To be confirmed

·        LEP Diversity Champion – Asma Iqbal

·        LEP Trade & Investment Champion – To be confirmed

·        A co-optee member and a named substitute member to the LEP Board to represent the Business Representatives Group – Barney Mynott

Members made several observations as follows:

·        Members commented that the roles of Diversity and Inclusion Champion should be better integrated, so both representatives could work together much easier.

·        Members expressed a collective desire to have more meetings of the LEP Board in the forthcoming municipal year, regardless of whether they were formal or informal sessions.

Resolved:

That the LEP Board:

      i.         Noted the contents of the report.

     ii.         Noted the local authority representatives and substitutes appointed to the LEP Board set out in Appendix 1 of this report.

    iii.         Confirmed the current private sector representatives on the LEP Board as set out in Appendix 1 of the report and agreed to extend the terms of office for Professor Shirley Congdon, Kamran Rashid and Kully Thiarai, each for a further three-year term to 28 February 2026.

   iv.         Noted that recruitment for new private sector LEP Board members was underway and delegated authority to the Mayor and Chief Executive to make appointments as appropriate on behalf of the Board and to update the Board accordingly.

     v.         Noted the update on the vacancies for the LEP Chair and LEP Deputy Chair. 

   vi.         Confirmed the member of the LEP Board to represent and engage with the SME business community and chair the Business Communications Group in the role of SME Champion. 

  vii.         Confirmed a LEP Diversity Champion. 

 viii.         Noted the recommendation in relation to the member of the LEP Board who would act as Trade and Investment Champion. 

   ix.         Appointed Barney Mynott of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as a co-optee member to the LEP Board to represent the Business Representatives Group and Martin Hathaway of the Mid Yorkshire Chamber as the named substitute for Barney Mynott for a one year period. 

     x.         Approved the extension of the terms of appointment of co-optee members Asma Iqbal and Nicky Chance-Thompson by a further year.

   xi.         Provided feedback on the format and frequency of meetings during 2023/24.