The Great South West partnership has announced the formal appointment of its first chair.
Karl Tucker, who is also chair of Yeo Valley and the heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), has been given the title by the Great South West board. Mr Tucker intends to lead the board in its ambitions to drive regional growth through green and blue economies.
Towards the end of last year the partnership held its first board meeting to discuss objectives to build on the region’s natural capital opportunity, develop a clean, digital economy, and tackle climate change. Covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, the pan-regional partnership is "focussed" on delivering a larger and more productive economy to establish the South West as the UK's "Natural Powerhouse".
