KMEP Membership:

Business Representatives:

Matthew Arnold
Business Development Director, Stagecoach South East
Matthew Arnolds’ Register of Interest can be found here.

Troy Barratt
Owner, Contracts Engineering, and Managing Director, BAMUK Group Ltd
Troy Barratt’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Miranda Chapman
Managing Director, Pillory Barn
Miranda Chapman’s Register of Interest can be found here

Shereen Daniels
Managing Director, HR Rewired
Shereen Daniels’ Register of Interest can be found here.

Carol Ford
Commercial Director, AC Goatham & Son Ltd
Carol Ford’s Register of Interest can be found here.

James Forknall
Chairman, Kent County Agricultural Society
James Forknall’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Liz Gibney
Partner, Lee Evans Partnership LLP
Liz Gibney’s Register of Interest can be found here

Richard Hall
Chief Executive Officer, Trenport Property Holdings Ltd
Richard Hall’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Jo James
Chief Executive Officer, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
Jo James Register of Interest can be found here

John Keefe
Director of Public Affairs, Getlink Group
John Keefe’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Emma Liddiard
Area Business Director, Global Media
Emma Liddiard’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Vince Lucas
Director, VA Rail Ltd
Vince Lucas Register of Interest can be found here.

Andrew Metcalf
Director, Maxim PR
Andrew Metcalf’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Geoff Miles
Chairman, Maidstone Studios Limited and Kent and Medway Economic Partnership (KMEP)
Geoff Miles Register of Interest can be found here.

David Milham
Area Leader for Kent and Medway, Federation of Small Businesses
David Milham’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Bob Russell
Chairman, Beams International Ltd
Founder & Director, Copper Rivet Distillery
Bob Russell’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Paul Winter
Non-Executive Chairman, Wire Belt Company Ltd
Paul Winter’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Higher Education Representative (HE):

Professor Rama Thirunamachandran
Vice Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church University
Prof. Thirunamachandran’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Further Education Representative (FE):

Simon Cook
Principal, Mid-Kent College
Simon Cook’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Local Authority Representatives:

Trevor Bartlett
Leader Dover District Council
Trevor Bartlett’s Register of Interest can be found here.

John Burden
Leader Gravesham Borough Council
John Burden’s Regsiter of Interest can be found here.

Rodney Chambers
Cabinet Member Medway Council
Rodney Chambers’ Register of Interest can be found here

Gerry Clarkson
Leader Ashford Borough Council
Gerry Clarkson’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Martin Cox
Leader Maidstone Borough Council
Martin Cox’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Rick Everitt
Leader Thanet District Council
Rick Everitt’s Register of Interest can be found here

Peter Fleming
Leader Sevenoaks District Council
Peter Fleming’s Register of Interest can be found here

Roger Gough
Leader Kent County Council
Roger Gough Register of Interest can be found here.

Nicolas Heslop
Leader Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Nicolas Heslop’s Register of Interest can be found here

Jeremy Kite
Leader Dartford Borough Council
Jeremy Kite’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Alan McDermott
Leader Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Alan McDermott’s Register of Interest can be found here.

David Monk
Leader Folkestone & Hythe District Council
David Monk’s Register of Interest can be found here

Robert Thomas
Leader Canterbury City Council
Robert Thomas’ Register of Interest can be found here.

Roger Truelove
Leader Swale Borough Council
Roger Truelove’s Register of Interest can be found here

The Kent and Medway Economic Partnership’s Strategic Programme Manager’s Register of Interest can be found here.

Duration of membership:

A Local Authority Leader’s appointment to the Board will run concurrently with his/her tenure as Leader of the Council.

The HE & FE representatives shall be selected by the universities and FE colleges located in Kent and Medway. The HE & FE representatives shall remain a Board Members until the KMEP Chairman (via the Secretariat) is advised by the universities or the FE colleges that a new nominee is proposed.

A private sector representative has a two-year tenure on KMEP, following which they may be reappointed by the Business Advisory Board for an additional successive term. There is no maximum number of terms that a Business Representative can serve.

Interested in joining KMEP?:

We always welcome applications from business leaders that are interested in sitting on the Partnership. Those individuals are asked to submit their details using the ‘apply’ function on this website.

An induction meeting will be offered to those applicants selected to join the Partnership.