Made up of four workstreams, the Centre is the only independent, non-partisan think tank for the West Midlands. Individuals bring to the Centre their united desire to make the West Midlands region an even better place to live, work, play, study and invest in.

Chris Smith, Founder and Managing Director of CNM said:

“We are thrilled to be welcoming Lewis to our People and Skills Leadership Board at the Centre for the New Midlands. Lewis brings with him a tremendous combination of knowledge and experience across the food and hospitality sectors and also has first-hand experience, through his ‘day-job’ at Birmingham College of Food, University College Birmingham, of working with some of the region’s finest talent and understanding the issues facing the sector”

“We are equally thrilled to be welcoming Deborah Bunce to our Infrastructure Leadership Board, to be chaired by Tim Fawcett (Birmingham Cities Lead, Mott MacDonald). Deborah’s vast experience across industry and academia will be critical to our work in this key area of public policy and we look forward to promoting and sharing Deborah’s perspectives and passion for how we adapt existing infrastructure to reduce its carbon footprint and to meet the needs of a world with a changing climate.”

These workstreams will be bringing professionals and industry leaders together in dialogue to work through the biggest challenges facing the region today, in a manner that is paving the way for forward-thinking ideas, with no party-political agenda.

To find out more about the work of the Centre for the New Midlands and their vision, you can visit here.

Read more about the recent work University College Birmingham has been involved in within the region in our news section.