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The se² partnership is constituted as a Company Limited by Guarantee and the current board of directors are a representative of our current membership, covering local and regional networks. These are:
Tony Davis - Chair
Social Enterprise Berkshire
Tony Davis is Executive Director of Social Enterprise Berkshire CIC, anchors the Berkshire Social Enterprise network, is Vice Chair of se², a member of the National Council of the Social Enterprise Coalition and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce. In Berkshire Tony and his team of associates stimulate the creation of and help to improve social enterprises; they also work to improve the climate for successful social entrepreneurship. Tony has led many organisations as Chair, or as Director, worked as a management consultant helping companies improve their governance, self-sufficiency and trading, worked extensively within the creative industries and done much else within and around the sector and the worlds of business. An internationally published writer and an innovator who likes to take new ideas and practices into the mainstream, Tony is always interested in helping to make a positive difference to the world, starting with the local and the specific.
Jo White - Governance & Membership
Co-operatives South East
Jo is the Executive Director of Co-operative Futures, a specialist policy and support agency for co-operative and community owned enterprises working across the South East, South West and West Midlands. Founded 10 years ago Co-operative Futures has become a leading organisation in its field and Jo is the national representative of co-operative development bodies on the Board of Co-operatives UK. Jo is also the Chair of Co-operatives South East, an organisation that works to promote the common interests of co-operatives of all kinds and the development of co-operative forms of business in the South East Region.
Ed Baker - Secretary & Finance
Surrey Network for Social Enterprise
Ed Baker established SNSE, the Surrey Network for Social Enterprise in 2005 and is a founder director of the se² partnership. Following a career in corporate management Ed has spent the past 5 years supporting social enterprises within Surrey. As a qualified business advisor the focus has been across the entire spectrum, from pre-starts start-ups and established social enterprises, plus helping and guiding charities with their trading activities. Promoting trading focused solutions through the voluntary/community sector and all of the key stakeholders within Surrey. As part of se², Ed is strongly committed to supporting social enterprises across the South East and is leading a ground breaking project on Peer to Peer networks, through action learning sets, in which he plans to engage more social enterprises in this type of learning networks than has ever been achieved. Ed is also a director/board advisor on several social enterprises within Surrey, plus managing director of his own business.
Sue Quinn
Milton Keynes Community Enterprise
Sue set up MKCE 18 months ago after realising a gap in the market in Milton Keynes for social enterprise development. Previous to that Sue worked as a freelance consultant to the arts and heritage Third Sector. She has 25 years of experience in the charity and third sector organisations successfully raising funding through grants; ESF and LSC contracts. In her previous role she set up the training arm of a charity. Sue is a trained Social Enterprise Advisor and still runs workshops. She is volunteer director of 2 other CIC's and Chair of Trustees of the Old Bath House and Community Centre a sustainable social enterprise. Sue is a member of the MK Community Infrastructure Partnership.
Peter Ananicz
KaMSEN
Peter is Chair of the Kent and Medway Social Enterprise Network CIC. In Kent and Medway, Peter and his team of fellow directors provide support to social enterprises through surgeries, workshops and networking events. Particular areas of expertise are business advice, Community Interest Companies, SROI, finance and ICT. Peter has been involved for the past 20+years in the voluntary and community sector where he has built up a very good understanding and workings of this sector. Peter is also CEO of Pastel Maidstone CIC, Pitstop Training CIC, a trustee of Voluntary Action Maidstone as well as running his own limited company. Peter is a member of the SEASON Network.
Tracey Spokes
OxSEN
Tracey is the founder of 13th Theatre Co, a social enterprise theatre company based in Oxford. Tracey has been an active member of the Oxfordshire Social Enterprise Network (OxSEN) since 2008 and more recently, was appointed to sit on the se partnership Board of Directors to represent OxSEN at a regional level
If you would like more information on the board, or if you are interested in becoming a board member, please contact us!
