West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has three new ‘presidents-elect’ for Bradford, Leeds and York & North Yorkshire. The business representatives will lead and campaign for their respective areas on behalf of the local Chamber membership.
Mark Cowgill will represent Bradford; Sound Leisure’s Chris Black will cover Leeds; and Sarah Czarnecki of Gray’s Court Hotel takes on York & North Yorkshire. Each has extensive knowledge and expertise in their own field, with years of experience of working with stakeholders and dealing with key decision-makers. They will represent their members at high-level meetings and chair internal Chamber groups as part of the info-gathering and policy-making process in the business organisation.
Amanda Beresford, Chair of the Board of West & North Yorkshire Chamber, said: “This is an exciting time for the Chamber and for the wider business community. Yes, there are some tough decisions being taken in many businesses and life is a bit tricky for many, which is why it’s as important as ever that our politicians and other decision-makers are fully aware of relevant business issues.
“We have another great team stepping up and an expert policy and representation team supporting and continuing our lobbying activities – and so I’m very confident for the future.”
Mark said: “I’m looking forward to following on from some of our recent great business figureheads, and confident about taking Bradford forward.”
Chris added: “Leeds is already a great location in which to do business but I’m sure that we continue the good work with other stakeholders to push on to another level.”
Sarah said: “It’s a privilege for me to take on this key role right now. We’ve a great support team helping the local business community, so we’re in good hands.”
