Jeremy Long
Chair (private sector)
Nigel Tipple
Chief Executive
Adrian Lockwood
Deputy Chair and Skills sub-group Chair (private sector)
Professor Alistair Fitt
Board Director, representing higher education
Angus Horner
Board Director, representing Science Vale (private sector)
Cllr Barry Wood
Board Director (local authority representative)
Bindu Varkey
Board Director (private sector)
Di Batchelor MBE
Board Director, representing further education
Cllr Emily Smith
Board Director (local authority representative)
Cllr Ian Hudspeth
Board Director (local authority representative)
Cllr James Mills
Board Director (local authority representative)
Jayne Norris
Board Director and Clean Growth Champion (private sector)
Miranda Markham
Board Director and Diversity Champion, representing Bicester (private sector)
Patrick Grant
Board Director, representing higher education
Penny Rinta-Suksi
Board Director, Programme sub-group chair and Enterprise Zone sub-group chair (private sector)
Peter Nolan
Board Director, representing Oxford City (private sector)
Phil Southall
Board Director (private sector)
Cllr Sue Roberts
Board Director (local authority representative)
Cllr Susan Brown
Board Director (local authority representative)
Wendy Hart
Board Director (private sector)
Not appointed as Board Directors (but in attendance at meetings):
Board meetings:
In-line with our governance structure and assurance framework, every quarter, our Executive Board meet.
Find out more information on our latest and upcoming Board meetings
Sub-groups and committees:
We have seven sub-groups, all with the responsibility of developing different strands of our work. Each group reports back to our main Board:
Culture and Visitor Economy sub-group
In addition to our sub-groups, we also have two formal committees who make recommendations to our main Board.