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A diverse community of
leading experts, policymakers
and practitioners

The Institute’s key research themes
are led by ten academic partners
spread across the UK.

We’re a UK-wide research
organisation exploring what
productivity means for business

Businesses are crucial to solving
the UK’s productivity problems.

Business

East Anglia Productivity Forum

The East of England area covers the traditionally rural areas of East Anglia including Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and the neighbouring counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, which form part of the London commuter belt. It is home to 2.5 million and accounts for 9.3% of the UK population. Within the area, there are places and people that are doing well and experiencing high living standards and places where people struggle. And even within those places seen to be achieving, there are large disparities.

The East Anglia Productivity Forum is led by the University of Cambridge. It is involved in the implementation of research insights, the design of practical business and policy interventions, and in providing input to the development of the Institute’s future research agenda.

Members include stakeholders from policy, community and business leaders from local, national and multinational enterprises.

Key Contacts

Katy Davies

Chair
Shift Momentum

Owen Garling

Owen Garling

East Anglia Forum Lead
University of Cambridge

Burcu Sevde Selvi

East Anglia Contact
University of Cambridge

Committee

Andrew Harston

Associated British Ports

Andy Williams

MedImmune/AstraZeneca

Belinda Clarke

Agitech-E

Lynne Miles

Greater Cambridge Partnership

C-J Green

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership

Claire Ruskin

Cambridge Network

Dan Thorp

Cambridge Ahead

Fiona McDiarmid

Norfolk County Council

Johnathan Reynolds

Opergy

Laraine Moody

West Suffolk College

Alexander Cisinksi-O'Donnell

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

Mark Searcey

University of East Anglia

Rachel Stopard

Greater Cambridge Partnership

Tony Jones

One Nucleus

Tim Whitley

BT

Elspeth Lees

Higher Education Eastern Colleges Group

Mary Elford

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Tim Robinson

Tech UK East of England

Howard Partridge

Innovate UK

Ross Renton

Anglia Ruskin University Peterborough

Adam Thorp

East of England Local Government Association

Rosanne Wijnberg

New Anglia

Lisa Perkins

Adastral Park

Tom Hennessy

Opportunity Peterborough

East Anglia’s current public governance structure – like those of many places – have emerged in a piecemeal fashion over time. Regional co-ordination is an issue. Public sector governance is fragmented and has developed in a piecemeal fashion, with one Combined Authority covering the county of Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough, two Local Enterprise Partnerships, and 47 Local Authority Districts.