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 lines that EY offer to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the full 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.

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.

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 and is a key member of the Senior Finance Executive team. 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.

Kathryn Simpson is an Executive Assistant at Potter Space, the commercial property division of The Potter Group. Kathryn has over 20 years’ experience within corporate business administration and support at a senior level. Cancer has touched so many lives and like most Kathryn has lost family members to the illness and currently has friends undergoing treatment, therefore is passionate about giving back to maintain awareness, help the fight and continue to support the research to find a cure.

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.

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.

Steph is a Senior Manager at Marks Sattin, a specialist finance recruitment firm with a strong presence across the UK, particularly in Yorkshire. Steph’s decision to join the board of Business Beats Cancer comes from a very personal place. She lost her mum to stage 4 breast cancer, and has supported both her dad and grandma through their own battles, who are now thankfully in remission. These experiences have made her passionate about doing what she can to help others. She’s proud to be part of a charity that brings the business community together to raise vital funds for cancer research.

Tom is a Chartered Accountant, currently the Group Finance Director/CFO for LNT, a large privately owned business in Leeds. LNT is the UK’s leading care home constructor and care home commissioning group. Having trained at EY and subsequently then worked at KPMG, before moving into industry, Tom has worked in some challenging and equally fascinating business environments and has built up an extensive network across the region. A big advocate for living a healthy lifestyle, the continued fight against cancer is important to Tom, with several family members and close friends having lost the battle to this disease over recent years.

Becky is Chief Financial Officer at FleetonDemand, a vehicle rental management business based in Shipley. She is a Chartered Accountant with 15 years of post-qualification experience in senior finance positions across small and medium sized businesses, both owner-managed and PE backed. Like most people, cancer has shaped Becky’s life. She lost her mum after a decade long battle with ovarian cancer nearly 9 years ago. Becky is a great advocate for the support services on offer to people whose lives have been impacted by cancer and is passionate about contributing to the future success of Business Beats Cancer Yorkshire.

Steph is the Chief Financial Officer at Additive Manufacturing Technologies Ltd (AMT), a Sheffield-based company leading innovation in post-processing for additive manufacturing. She began her finance career as an auditor in 2009 before relocating to the Cayman Islands in 2012, where she took on new challenges and progressed into senior finance roles. She returned to the UK in 2019 and settled in Yorkshire. In this role, she leads AMT’s financial strategy and plays an active role on the Board, driving the company’s future direction and supporting its growth as a global business.