TES Board membership

The membership of Team East Sussex (TES) comprises business, local authority, health, social enterprise and education representatives from across the county.

The TES Board is currently made up of the following 17 members.

  • Alison Turner, TES Deputy Chair, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
  • Ana Christie, Sussex Chamber of Commerce
  • Christina Ewbank, Alliance of Chambers in East Sussex (ACES)
  • Clive Soper, Hailsham and District Chamber of Commerce
  • Cllr Christine Bayliss, Rother District Council
  • Cllr James Partridge, Wealden District Council
  • Cllr Julia Hilton, Hastings Borough Council
  • Cllr Keith Glazier, East Sussex County Council
  • Cllr Stephen Holt, Eastbourne Borough Council
  • Cllr Zoe Nicholson, Lewes District Council
  • David Sheppard, TES Chair, D-RisQ Ltd
  • Donna Harfield, East Sussex College
  • Paul Hetherington, Hetherington International Services Ltd (HIS Ltd)
  • Penny Shimmin, Sussex Community Development Association
  • Stephen Lightfoot, NHS Sussex
  • Stewart Drew, De La Warr Pavilion
  • Sue Baxter, University of Sussex

 

The TES Board is business-led, so will always maintain a private sector majority in its membership, with a business Chair and a business Deputy Chair. The TES Board also strives for gender equality in its membership.

Graph of the private sector ratio of the TES Board
Graph of the gender balance of the TES Board