From Ambassador to Vice President

I was privileged to serve the Chartered Institute of Marketing as SME Ambassador in Yorkshire and the North East.

As part of peoples fun, Family and Friends would call me “Mr Ambassador”.

From today they will need to change it to “Mr Vice President”.

Following an Election process for Vice President of Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber of Commerce, it seems Members have placed their faith in me.

I would hope to repay that trust.

I guess my next step in life will be to live in a “White House”!

Collaboration will be the way forward for everyone over the next few years. None of us achieves anything without the help of others and those capable of co-operating best will succeed best. Chamber of Commerce throughout South Yorkshire are already overlapping their skills and services for the benefit of everyone’s Members and pulling together, now more than ever, will prepare us best to make Companies better placed to protect their future. My role will be to ensure we are fully engaged in the task and prove to Members and partners "we say what we do and do what we say". We are realistic enough to know it is the Members we serve that ultimately judge our value to them. We in turn want them to make their voice heard to us. Barnsley and Rotherham can be sure they will see a very active role from us on their behalf.