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Warwick Innovation Campus Stratford Management and Investment Board

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Membership 2024/25

Executive Chair of Warwick Innovation District (Chair)

Rt Hon Greg Clark

Provost

Professor Emma Flynn

Vice President National and Regional Engagement

Professor Simon Swain

Head of School of Life Sciences

Professor Miriam Gifford

Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor for Regional Engagement

Professor Nigel Driffield

Director of Corporate Finance

Jenny Greenway

Director for Industrial Engagement, WMG and CEO of High-Value Manufacturing Catapult

Professor David Greenwood

Chief Innovation Officer

David Plumb

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Purpose

To oversee and guide the development and delivery of the strategy, business plan and marketing plan for University of Warwick Innovation Campus, Stratford-Upon-Avon, on behalf of the University Executive Board.

Terms of Reference

To oversee:

1) Development of the strategy for the University of Warwick Innovation Campus, Stratford-Upon-Avon.

2) Development of a business plan and a marketing plan.

3) Implementation of an approved business and marketing plan.

4) Relationships with local, regional and national stakeholders (the academy, business, public sector, intermediaries).

5) The investment pipeline and decisions on acceptable investments, in line with the approved business plan.

6) The budget (within parameters and delegated authority set by University Executive Board (UEB), Financial Planning Committee (FPC) and Finance and General Purposes Committee (FGPC)).

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Reporting Structure

The Warwick Innovation Campus Stratford Management and Investment Board (WICSMIB) reports to the University Executive Board.

The WICSMIB Operations Group meets monthly.

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Secretariat

Secretary: Dr Debbie Girdlestone, Head of Strategic Business Development, University of Warwick Innovation Campus, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Assistant Secretary: Nicky Weigh, Senior PA to Chair of Warwick Innovation District  

Please use d.girdlestone@warwick.ac.uk in the first instance to make contact with the WICSMIB Secretariat.

Timetable for Submission and Report Template

Items of business for consideration by the Warwick Innovation Campus Stratford Management and Investment Board should be submitted to the Secretary two weeks in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered. A completed report and coversheet should be submitted electronically as a Word document to d.girdlestone@warwick.ac.uk

Please see the report and cover sheet templates for advice on when a cover sheet is required and how it should be set out.

The Secretariat will confirm when the paper has been approved, note any amendments required and confirm the paper number.

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Meetings

Dates of the 2024/25 meetings of the Warwick Innovation Campus Stratford Management and Investment Board are as follows:

  • 8 October 2024
  • 4 February 2025
  • 5 June 2025

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