Board & Directors

David is a professionally qualified, Chartered Company Director. He is a qualified physicist with 22 years in the engineering and technology sectors and 10 years in the services and facilities management sector mostly at board level.

Ross McNally is Executive Chair of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce. He has over 30 years’ Board and leadership experience in business membership organisations and service sectors.

Nick Barwood is a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, a national law firm with over 140 partners and employing 1300 people. Nick is head of the Commercial Team and based on the firm’s Southampton office which is home to 180 staff. He is also a member of the firm’s 8 strong management board.

After a successful career in commercial banking with RBS Sandeep established his own company mgps commercial ltd in March 2017. Sandeep is the equal shareholding Director together with his wife Geeta.

Gail is the VP and Managing Director of TW Metals Ltd, and holds full responsibility for the International divisions of this privately held US organisation. She has 38 years experience in the specialty metals industry.

Mike Sellers is the port director for Portsmouth International Port and also a company director of MMD Shipping Services Ltd. He has been in post since January 2017.

Peter is the Managing Partner of Hampshire based regional law firm, Paris Smith LLP, with offices in Southampton and Winchester. The firm has over 35 partners and a total staff in excess of 200. He chairs the firm's Management committee and a member of the firm's strategic board.

Chair of Winchester Business Strategy Group, Mark joined the family business, Winchester Motor Company ltd. in 1987 after trying to forge a career as a Professional American Football player in the United States which was cut short due to a serious back injury.

Ed has been a driving force in creativity, innovation and communication for the last couple of decades as Partner and Creative Director of award-winning, integrated creative communications agency Carswell Gould. During this time, he has helped to deliver successful marketing communications projects for regional, national and international clients, including leading organisations such as Marks and Spencer, Suzuki, Paris Smith, Red Funnel, Solent LEP, O2, UoS, HCC, TATA, Baileys and many more.

David’s primary focus is to provide clients with strategic marketing activities, which are targeted towards increasing sales revenue. His hand-picked team at One2create are focused on delivering a consistent brand image, along with a first class digital presence and clear calls to action that maximise ROI.

Joe is the Chief Financial Officer of the Peach Technologies Group based in Whiteley. Joe has had a varied career in finance starting as a graduate trainee with Barclays in the City before relocating to the south coast to train as an accountant.

David is a senior leader working in the Further Education sector and has experience of working in a range of colleges in the south east. He is committed to developing an improving apprenticeship offer for employers and apprentices having been a Director at the start-up of the National Apprenticeship Service as well as having responsibility for training delivery in a number of sectors from engineering to childcare.