Membership and profile
The Towns Fund Board is a private/public entity. It supported the submission of the original Town Investment Plan (TIP) for Hereford and now has responsibility for overseeing the delivery of the 15 projects in line with objectives laid out in their full business cases. Broad membership of the Board was set out in government guidance and includes representation from tiers of local government, large and small businesses, and other key stakeholders from across the city. The Board is supported in its role by officers from Herefordshire Council and government agencies/support.
Board members - 14
| Name | Title | Company | Required representation |
Optional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Appleton | Chair | Hereford College of Arts | Education | |
| Ellie Chowns | Cabinet Member Environment and Economy | Herefordshire Council | Herefordshire Council | |
| Ian Christie | Managing Director | Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water | Large business | |
| Judith Faux | Trustee | HVOSS | Charitable/third sector | |
| Kath Hey | City Councillor | Hereford City Council | Hereford City Council | |
| Grace Joiner | Youth representative | |||
| Frank Myers | Herefordshire Business Board | Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) | Food and drink, manufacturing, tourism | |
| James Newby | Chief Officer | NMITE | Education | |
| Jesse Norman | MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire | MP | ||
| Ruth Parry | Director of Operations and Marketing | Simple Design Works Ltd | Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) | Manufacturing, professional services |
| Lauren Rogers | Project Manager | Rural Media | Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) | Cultural |
| Paul Stevens | Hereford Business Improvement District (HBID) | HBID | ||
| Julian Vaughan | Managing Director | Green Dragon | Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) | |
| Will Vaughan | Hereford Pedicabs and Pedicargo | Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) | Low carbon |
Other attendees - 7
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Annibal | Consultant | Rose Regeneration |
| Alex Collins | Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | |
| Christian Dangerfield | Consultant | Rose Regeneration |
| David Hitchiner | Leader of the Council | Herefordshire Council |
| Joni Hughes | Portfolio Manager | Herefordshire Council |
| Andrew Lovegrove | Chief Finance Officer | Herefordshire Council |
| Paul Walker | Chief Executive | Herefordshire Council |