Sarah is an expert practitioner of economic development, regeneration, inward investment and delivering large scale capital programmes at a North West regional level and on behalf of the City Regions of Greater Manchester and Liverpool. Sarah has delivered strong results when working at the interface between the public, private and education sectors, convening and facilitating durable partnerships, working to capitalise on new and emerging opportunities and to address some of the UK’s more intractable socio-economic challenges.
Most recently, as Chief Executive for Lancashire Local Economic Partnership, Sarah was responsible for developing and implementing Lancashire's Economic Strategy, delivery of Lancashire’s ?374m Growth Deal Programme and she secured a further ?34m of Getting Building Fund to invest in projects which created new jobs and stimulated the green economy. She was responsible for partnership delivery of BOOST Growth Hub, Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub and strategic delivery of Lancashire's four Enterprise Zones.
Working with partners, including Lancaster University, Sarah secured the Government decision to establish the new National Cybersecurity Centre at Samlesbury, as part of a ?5bn Government investment, which recognised the outstanding cyber and security related credentials of the University as core to Lancashire's proposition.
Personal Assistant: Kate Jenkinson
Email: k.jenkinson@lancaster.ac.uk
pro-vice-chancellor-engagement@lancaster.ac.uk