Business Beats Cancer Yorkshire

Alex is a Partner at EY leading EY Private across the North of England based out of Leeds. She is also co-Partner lead at EY leading the UK Entrepreneur Of The Year programme.
Alex works with privately owned, entrepreneurial, PE backed and AIM listed businesses in the region across all advisory and service Iines that EY offer to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the fill potential of their ambitions. Alex has 20 years’ experience operating in the market. She is passionate about giving back and bringing the Yorkshire business community together to raise funds for such a vital cause. Like most people Cancer Research UK is close to Alex’s heart.

Lucy is an Executive Assistant at EY, supporting three partners across the UK. Cancer Research UK is a charity close to Lucy’s heart and one she is passionate about helping.

Graduated from Nottingham University via Silcoates School in Wakefield and qualified as an ACA with Deloitte in Leeds. Moved into Corporate Finance before joining my family business in property development and investment. Married with two children, had friends and family touched by cancer so looking forward to contributing to the fight against it.

Ian is a director of award-winning Leeds-based PR and brand communications agency Aberfield Communications. He has more than 20 years’ experience working in the media sector, firstly as a journalist with The Yorkshire Post and TheBusinessDesk.com, and today as a communications professional. Like most people, Ian has family, friends and colleagues who have been impacted by cancer and he is passionate about supporting Cancer Research UK.

Amanda is a Partner at Pratap Partnership, the financial recruitment experts across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Amanda has almost 20 years’ experience recruiting finance professionals in the Yorkshire area and is a key member of the Senior Finance Executive team. Having a long history of working across the private sector in the region, Amanda has a large network within the financial sector, built around close relationships, integrity, and trust. Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer in her thirties, lost her mother to brain cancer and her father to an infection relating to bowel cancer surgery. Since recovering from her own illness, she has spent many years raising vital funds for a variety of cancer charities and feels very passionately about Cancer Research UK.

Alicia Brown is a Finance Director at James Clay & Sons with over 15 years of experience in finance, Alicia has worked across a breadth of industries including food, farming and events. Cancer research is hugely important to Alicia after losing several family members to the illness, and more recently in 2020 experiencing her own fight against cancer. 

David Boulton is the CEO of the Bpi Group, he has 25 years’ experience in Online Marketplaces, Plant & Machinery and Property Development. He has a long standing passion for helping support Cancer Charities in Yorkshire and beyond.