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From the Executive Director:

The Winners Are In!

Another successful Business Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday 6 July at Castle Green. Bigger and better than previous years, there were 10 award winners and £3,000 for the business of the year. And the winners are…...

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Board Members

The members of the SJE Board are drawn from the Barking & Dagenham community, and represent local business, education, community groups and other agencies in the borough. The Board meets regularly to drive forward the SJE programme and further the positive relationship between the borough and business.

Simon Green

Chair

Simon is President of the Barking and Dagenham Chamber of Commerce and General Manager of Vicarage Fields Shopping Centre in Barking.

Cathy Walsh

Vice Chair - Skills, Employment and 14-19 Agenda

Cathy is Principal and Chief Executive of Barking and Dagenham College which has around 12,000 learners. She was a member of the BJS Board and is on the Chamber of Commerce Executive.

Mark Kass

Vice Chair - Enterprise and Business Support

Mark is Enterprise Development Manager at Barking and Dagenham Small Business Centre. He writes a regular enterprise column in thenews. Mark was an advisor to the Chair of the BJS Board.

Cllr Mick McCarthy

Vice Chair - Sustainable Regeneration

Mick is Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Councillor for Eastbrook Ward. He sits on Thames Gateway London Partnership and Gateway to London boards. Mick was a member of both the BDE and BJS Boards.

SJE Board Members

Private Sector

Jamie Banks, Barking and Dagenham Chamber of Commerce Representative
Mark Bass, Sanofi Aventis – Large Business Representative
Steve Drury, Rooff Ltd – Creative Industries Representative
Jeff Jackson, Dagenham Mall – Town Centre/Retail Represetative
Chris Oliver, AJC Automotive Services – Small Business Representative
Bob Pedgrift, Barking Power Station – South of A13/Industrial Representative
Clive Wilding, Barking Riverside Ltd – Developer Representative

Third Sector

Carl Blackburn, Barking and Dagenham Council for Voluntary Service – Third Sector Representative
Avril McIntyre, LifeLine – Job Brokerage Forum Representative

Public Sector

Margaret Ashworth Barking & Dagenham PCT – PCT Representative
Rose Dymond, Job Centre Plus
John Middleton – London Thames Gateway Development Corporation Representative