Programme Governance

LLEP officers manage all our programmes. Programme management will determine and monitor the defrayal profile, the output and outcome profiles, the objectives, the risk management arrangements and variance thresholds. 

The Local Growth Fund and The Growing Places Fund report directly to the our Investment Panel which oversees the programme management for these LLEP funding streams.

The Business Gateway Board and our Skills Advisory Panel report directly to the LLEP Board. 

Other programmes have different arrangements and details are below. 

Enterprise Adviser Network

The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) has been selected to deliver the flagship of the ‘Enterprise Advisers Network’ (EAN) within the Leicestershire region. 

Working in partnership with the Careers & Enterprise Company, the LLEP’s role is to localise and tailor the programme to meet the needs of Leicester and Leicestershire. 

The Steering Group for EAN is the Education-Business Links Group which sits under the Skills Advisory Panel. The Terms of Reference can be downloaded from our documents library. 

Leicestershire Enterprise Zones Governance

Our Enterprise Zones (EZ) are partnerships between the public and private sector, working together to deliver job creation and commercial innovation for the benefit of the local, Midlands and national economies. 

These partners are brought together within our governance structure which provides a mechanism to deliver strategic advice and support for the development of the EZ. 

Each EZ site has a steering group with representatives of the involved partners for that site, including the site owners, relevant local authority, the LLEP, Invest In Leicester and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). 

The EZ Steering Groups are responsible for driving forward the Enterprise Zone initiative across Leicester and Leicestershire. They have oversight of the development of their specific Enterprise Zone site, monitor the site implementation plan, and are a forum to provide advice, support, and share best practice. Crucially they provide strategic input to the Programme Board on the projects coming forward for funding through the Programme Development Process. 

ESIF Programme Governance

Our ESIF programme is governed by a committee, consisting of business partners, representatives from the voluntary and public sectors. 

The committee is made up of the following members: 

Local Authorities	Leicester City Council	Sir Peter Soulsby	City Mayor
	Leicestershire County Council	Cllr Nick Rushton	Leader
Business Partners	Business Representative	Jennifer Thomas	Development Manager FSB
Voluntary & Community Sector	Voluntary & Community Sector	Kevin Allen-Khimani	Voluntary Action Leicestershire Manager – Infrastructure
Equalities & Non-Discrimination	Equalities	Joe Allen	Community Activist
Environment	De Montfort University	Professor Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd	Head of School for Engineering and Sustainability
	Leicester City Council	Nick Morris	Head of Energy Services
Higher Education	De Montfort University	Helen Donnellan	Director of Enterprise and Business Services
Education, Skills & Development	East Midlands Chamber	Diane Beresford	Deputy Chief Executive
Rural	Leicestershire Rural Partnership	Councillor Louise Richardson	Chair of Leicestershire Rural Partnership
Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP)	Local Enterprise Partnership	Mandip Rai	Chief Executive
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy	BEIS	Helen Mitchell	Assistant Director
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	MHCLG	Darren Cope	Programme and Relationships Manager
Department for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs	DEFRA	Roger Allonby	Regional Director – DEFRA
Department for Work and Pensions	DWP Local	Jay Kara	Senior Programme Manager
L-ESIF Support	DCLG Support	Nicola Groom	ERDF Contract Officer
L-ESIF Support	LLEP Support	Mary-Louise Harrison	LLEP ESIF Co-ordinator