Cotswolds Plus LVEP Management Board

The CotswoldsPlus Management Board has been set up to provide guidance, advice and strategic oversight to the Executive Officer Group working group (EOG) aimed at assisting the delivery of agreed action plans covering the LVEP’s areas of activity.

  1. To provide guidance, advice, and oversight as above.
  2. To provide advice, guidance and support on the refinement and implementation of actions in the EOG action plan.
  3. To leverage the collective strength of the organisations represented by members of the Management Board, where appropriate, to assist the implementation of the action plan.
  4. To use their skills, knowledge, experience and intelligence to guide the management of the local visitor economy.
  5. To act as ambassadors for the LVEP and to lobby other organisations and individuals where appropriate.
  6. To decide on any future requests by neighbouring DMOs or local authorities to join the LVEP and/or the Management Board – although these would also have to be agreed by Visit England if they changed the geography of the area covered.

The Board is chaired by the Chief Executive of the Cotswolds National Landscape and will meet quarterly unless in exceptional circumstances. Board Members are expected to volunteer their time and not incur costs for attending meetings.

 

Management Board Members

Membership of the Management Board currently consists of:

Cotswolds National Landscape

Becky Waite, Chief Executive temporarily supported by Cllr Chris Brant Cherwell District board member for Cotswolds National Landsca

Cotswolds Tourism

Cllr Duncan Enright West Oxfordshire District Council

Cllr Paul Hodgkinson Cotswold District Council

Forest of Dean & Wye Valley Tourism

Andrew Blake – Manager Wye Valley National Landscape

Marketing Cheltenham

Cllr Martin Horwood Cheltenham Borough Council

Visit Gloucester

Louisa Davies – Head of Culture, Gloucester City Council

Gloucestershire County Council

Angela Presdee Principle Economic Officer Gloucestershire County Council

Tewkesbury Borough Council

Cllr Richard Stanley Tewkesbury Borough Council

 

Longer term there is an ambition to diversify the board to include key business members, who are currently being encouraged to be involved via the workstreams. We are grateful to all businesses that support the workstreams.