Business Support sub-group

The Business Support Sub-group is charged with developing a strategic and coordinated approach to business support activities, aligned to Oxfordshire’s economic growth ambitions, as articulated in the Strategic Economic Plan. 

Chair: Adrian Lockwood (UV Intergration) 

• Steve Clarke (Vice Chair) - Inward Investment Group
• Stuart Wilkinson - University of Oxford
• David Hartley - Oxford Brookes University
• Rob Lewtas - DIT: Trade SouthEast
• Philip Davies - Federation of Small Business (FSB)
• Matthew Williams - Cypher (Cypher Business Intelligence Limited)
• Helena Coe - West Midlands and Oxfordshire CBI
• Steven Clarke - Institute of Directors
• Su Copeland - Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce
• Paul Currah - Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce

Executive and OxLEP staff:

• Richard Byard: Director of Business Development
• Helen Brind: Growth Hub Manager
• Sebastian Johnson: Head of Innovation and Inward Investment