Meet the Chair event – Friday 17 May 2024
Following a competitive recruitment process, the Independent Chair of Eastbourne Town Board has been announced as local business owner and chartered surveyor, Richard Garland.
Richard is currently the Chair of Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce and will be stepping away from that position later this month to concentrate on this newly created role.
The appointment was made following an application process and interview panel that included the Leader of the Council, Cllr Stephen Holt, the MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon, Caroline Ansell and the Chief Executive of the Council, Robert Cottrill.
The new Eastbourne Town Board will oversee how £20 million of government funding is invested to help level up the town over the next 10 years. Richard’s first task will be to recruit Board Members, for which expressions of interest are now being invited.
As with the Chair, Board Members should be independent, have a passion for the town and understand placemaking. Expressions of interest are invited from anyone in the community, who has a passion for the town and wishes to apply to be a member of the Board.
The Chair has identified a number of themes that Board members should have an interest in, which include:
- Technology & Digital
- Economic development / Regeneration / Business
- Wellbeing / Healthcare
- Education / Learning / Schools / Higher Education
- Hospitality
- Banking / Legal
- Nature & Environment
- Heritage