Business West, which runs the Swindon Initiative, has appointed Sarah Pullen, managing director of Local World (Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset), to its board.
Business West managing director Phil Smith said the appointment demonstrated the business community’s recognition of the importance of the leadership and business support role played by Business West.
“I am delighted to welcome Sarah who, with a career devoted to the regional press and now MD of Local World, brings with her an impressive wealth of business knowledge,” said Mr Smith. “I have no doubt that Business West will benefit from her vast experience of communications.
“I believe that it is vitally important to attract business people from a wide range of backgrounds to take up positions on our boards. This reflects the rich diversity of our members and clients at board level and will help us to better understand the needs of the businesses we serve. Our board of directors is made up of unpaid volunteers, giving freely of their time and business expertise and we greatly value their help in the development of Business West.”
Business West’s other directors are Stephen Robertson, independent chair; Steve West, vice chancellor of UWE; Terence Mordaunt, chairman and owner of Bristol Port Company; Peter Rilett, chairman of North Bristol Hospital Trust; Colin Skellett, chairman of Wessex Water and of the West of England LEP; Alan Fletcher, GWE Holdings; Nicky Alberry, vice chair of Swindon and Wiltshire LEP; Philip Marshall, Carter Jonas Surveyors in Bath; and Diane Savory, chair of GFirst LEP.
