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Thank you for attending our Summer Social!

On the 15 June Sheffield Universities’ Managing Directors’ Club, in conjunction with the South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce, welcomed a delegation of South Yorkshire’s business leaders and expert academics to The Mowbray for a summer networking social.

Attendees heard from Yasmin Knight, Assistant Director, Partnerships and Regional Engagement & Head of Regional Engagement at the University of Sheffield and Alex Prince, Head of Knowledge Exchange and Innovation from Sheffield Hallam University, who welcomed members and celebrated the diverse range of industry and academia in attendance. Louisa Harrison-Walker, Executive Director, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce closed the speeches, sharing her pride in South Yorkshire’s innovation and latest technology and the great collaborations in the region.

Below are some pictures of the event and our brilliant members.

Louisa Harrison-Walker, Executive Director, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce welcomed the delegation to the event
Yasmin Knight, Assistant Director, Partnerships and Regional Engagement & Head of Regional Engagement at the University of Sheffield and Alex Prince, Head of Knowledge Exchange and Innovation from Sheffield Hallam University welcome delegates to the event
L-R: Heather Dunn, Director Fatigue Free Futures; Dave Latimer, CEO, Magnomatics; Ceri Batchelder, Super Connector, TEAM SY; Shaun Sagar, Managing Director, Sagar McClintock Ltd; Jenny Gilbert Knowledge Exchange Associate FSS University of Sheffield
Kara McLean Workstation Manager and Mark Farnsworth Sales Manager, Showroom Workstation
Members networking at the MD Club Summer Social
Nigel Trant, Innovation Advisor, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Ed Daw, Professor of Particle Astrophysics, University of Sheffield; Alix Johnstone Business Development Manager Translational Energy Research Centre – University of Sheffield
Anne Wilson MBE, RISE Relationship Manager, Sheffield Hallam University
L-R: Dan Laver, Head of Sales, UnLTD Business; Brogan McGuire, Publications and Content Manager, HR Media; Hannah Ellis, Marketing Manager at Treat Time; Jude Chan, Marketing Manager at Na Bob Precision Metal and Founder/Director at My Network for Women
L-R: Paul Ridgway, Director, The Curve Consulting Services Limited; Thomas Kaye, Investment Executive, Anticus Partners; Pete Osborne, Senior Research Fellow, AMRC
Members networking at the MD Club Summer Social
Sara Hilditch, Director – SSU, University of Sheffield; Kathleen Baster, Principal Consultant University of Sheffield
Jay Bhayani, Solicitor and Managing Director, Bhayani HR & Employment Law; Adam Yusuf, Director, Active Legs Ltd
Tim Latham, Founder, Datatrainer; Chris Wheater, Tech Scale Up Advisor, Business Sheffield
L-R: Azar Mahmoum Gonbadi, Researcher, University of Sheffield; Saleh Pouresmaeeli, Research Associate, University of Sheffield; Neda Arifi, Head of Marketing, Pure Energi
Will Morgan, Senior Relationship Manager at Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
Chris Roast, Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University; Andrew Stratton, Industry Liaison – Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
Alex Prince, Head of Knowledge Exchange and Innovation from Sheffield Hallam University; Louisa Harrison-Walker, Executive Director, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
Members network and enjoy the food at the MD Club Summer Social
Rachel Nunn, Membership Executive, Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber; Chris Booker, Director, Deeper than Blue

Thank you to all who joined us for the networking event – be sure to sign up to our mailing list and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for the latest news and event updates. 

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