WE WORK WITH BONDHOLDERS TO BUILD THE HUMBER OF THE FUTURE.

Future Humber promotes the region’s distinctive strengths to the widest audience and accelerates opportunities to unlock the potential in the Humber. 

We work to prioritise people, place, partnerships, and the planet with the mission to make a difference, influence and inspire all communities so that opportunities for investment and growth accelerate through our dynamic Humber narrative. 

We are proud to connect and convene the businesses and communities in the region for a common purpose: to promote the Humber as a great place to live, learn and prosper.

Meet Our Team

Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor
Managing Director

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Leahann Barnes
Leahann Barnes
Engagement and Stakeholder Manager

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Paige Leah McGowan
Paige Leah McGowan
Marketing Manager

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Alicia Woodward
Alicia Woodward
Marketing and Communications Executive

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Saffron Gregg
Saffron Gregg
Office Administrator

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Joanne Brady
Joanne Brady
Digital Marketing Executive

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Board of Directors

Bill Walker
Bill Walker
Chair, Future Humber

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Andy Parkinson
Andy Parkinson
CEO Lampada

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Anja Hazebroek
Anja Hazebroek
Designate Executive Director of Communications, Marketing and Media Relations, NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group | Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

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Andrew Hirst
Andrew Hirst
Director & Company Secretary Future Humber, FD, Vytahealth Ltd

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Chris Zanetti
Chris Zanetti
Managing Director, Chris Zanetti Ltd

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Dr Bruce Charlesworth
Dr Bruce Charlesworth
Group Chief Medical Officer and Hull Campus Lead at Reckitt

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Catherine Darby-Roberts
Catherine Darby-Roberts
Associate Director | Science, Industry and Technology Business Leader, Arup

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Simon Dwyer
Simon Dwyer
CEO, Seafox Management Consultants Ltd

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Paul Fursey
Paul Fursey
General Manager, Humber Refinery, for Phillips 66 and the Lead Executive in the U.K.

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Debra Gray
Debra Gray
Principal and Chief Executive, Hull College

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Richard Gwilliam
Richard Gwilliam
UK BECCS Programme Director, Drax

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Henri Murison
Henri Murison
Chief Executive, Northern Powerhouse Partnership

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Deb Oxley OBE DL
Deb Oxley OBE DL
Founder Oxley Works, Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire and Chair of Humber-based charity CatZero and national charity Ownership at Work

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Mark Pearson-Kendall
Mark Pearson-Kendall
Managing Partner, Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP

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Professor Dave Petley
Professor Dave Petley
VC, University of Hull

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Tim Shaw
Tim Shaw
CEO, KCOM

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Chris Soper
Chris Soper
Joint Managing Director of Hull based Sewell Construction

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Andy Sykes
Andy Sykes
Plant Director, Siemens Gamesa

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Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor
Managing Director, Future Humber

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Nikki West
Nikki West
SVP HR for Finance & IT and Head of Global Talent at Smith & Nephew

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Dafydd Williams
Dafydd Williams
Head of Policy, Communications & Economic Development for the Humber

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Advisory Board

Gareth Russell
Gareth Russell
Business Development Manager, ABP

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Kate van der Sluis
Kate van der Sluis
Founder & Managing Partner, Humber HR People

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Anita Pace
Anita Pace
Manager Director, Pace Communications

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Paul Hatley
Paul Hatley
Project Manager, Alan Wood & Partners and Director of Lagoon Hull

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Becky Keegan
Becky Keegan
Marketing Manager, Boston Energy

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Pat Coyle
Pat Coyle
Director of Marketing and Client Relations at Rollits LLP

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Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark
Operations Manager, The University of Hull Aura Innovation Centre

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Maggie Johnson
Maggie Johnson
Head of Economy and Funding at North East Lincolnshire Council

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Rachel Smurthwaite
Rachel Smurthwaite
Head of Communications, Sewell Group

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