ExDRA's Board & Leadership
ExDRA is led strategically by a Board of Directors who have a wealth of experience in the public and private sectors.
The Board comprises:
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Theo Steel, Chairman Project Director, National Express East Anglia |
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Cllr Robert Davidson Councillor, Colchester Borough Council |
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George Kieffer Chairman, Haven Gateway Partnership |
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Michael Large OBE Chairman - Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
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Graham Tombs Executive Director (Acting) – ECC Schools, Children & Family Services |
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Mervyn Rogers Programme Director, IBM Global Business Services |
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Cllr Roger Walters Essex County Council Councillor - Deputy Cabinet Member for Environment & Waste |
The Senior Management Team comprises:
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Peter Cook Acting Chief Executive |
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Martin Woodrow Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance |
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David Adlington Director of Inward Investment and Business Competitiveness |
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Lynn Ballard Director of Partnership Engagement |
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Angela Littlewood sportessex Director |
A series of Programme Managers deliver the various programmes of activity being undertaken by ExDRA.
















