Voting now open in Chamber Council elections
Voting has opened today for 11 places on the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce’s Chamber Council.
Chamber Council is responsible for steering the work of the GBCC’s Policy team and meets on a quarterly basis to discuss the latest national and regional political developments.
The council will also vote on priority themes and engage in constructive dialogue regarding key Chamber policy campaigns.
Once elected, members can serve up to three consecutive three-year teams.
During this time, members will promote the work of the Policy team, attend Chamber events, and share feedback from fellow Chamber members and business contacts at the Chamber Council meetings.
Members of the Birmingham division of the GBCC are eligible to vote and have until 5pm on Friday 20 September to select their 11 preferred candidates.
Each Birmingham member organisation may only vote once (for up to 11 candidates). If there are multiple voters from the same organisation, only the first set of votes from that organisation will be counted.
Twenty-one candidates have been nominated for election. They are:
- Amanda Lowe, founder and MD, STORY
- Andrew Dawson, co-founder and director, Curium Solutions Ltd
- Angelo Cugini, account executive, A J Gallagher
- Anna Bright, chief executive, Sustainability West Midlands
- Anthony Tattum, CEO, Leopard Co
- Beverly Lindsay OBE OD, CEO, Diamond Travel
- Chris Golby, founder, Lumien
- Colin Fyfe, CEO, Unity Trust Bank
- David Abosch, director, Cognition Digital Ltd
- Eman Al-Hillawi, CEO, Entec Si Ltd
- Emma Stenning, chief executive, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Joanna Birch, founder/director, GROWTHINNK Associates
- Johnathan Dudley, partner and national head of SME Corporates and Manufacturing Business, Crowe UK LLP
- Jun Du, Professor of Economics, Aston University
- Matt Jones, founder and managing director, Oxbridge
- Salman Dossa, general secretary, The Overseas Business Forum
- Sara Blair-Manning, chief executive, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- Scott Dalziel, principal consultant, Davies Learning Solutions Ltd
- Suzie Branch-Haddow, vice-principal, Birmingham Metropolitan College
- Victoria Pargetter-Garner, director of Digital Skills and Commercial Impact, Birmingham Tech CIC (Tech WM)
- Yetunde Dania, partner and head of office, Trowers and Hamlins LLP
Henrietta Brealey (pictured), CEO of the GBCC, said: “Chamber Council plays a critical role in representing the views of our members and shaping our policy and campaigns activity.
“The applicants are exceptionally high calibre business leaders from a wide range of backgrounds, industries and areas of expertise. I’d like to thank all of them for putting themselves forward.
“Now we need your help: use you vote! If you’re a Birmingham Chamber of Commerce member make sure you have your say on selecting the individuals that you feel would best champion Greater Birmingham’s businesses.”
