Lotus < GO BACK TO ALL MEMBERS The first Lotus car was built in 1948. Today, Lotus Cars is based in Hethel, Norfolk, UK, and is the global HQ for sports car and hypercar manufacturing operations, the Lotus Advanced Performance Centre and the iconic 2.2-mile test track. Lotus Cars builds world-class high-performance cars, born out of legendary success on the racetrack including 13 FIA Formula 1 world titles and many other championship honours. It is part of Geely Automotive, the fastest growing automotive group in the world. Geely has a 51% controlling stake, with 49% owned by Etika Automotive, a Malaysian conglomerate. In July 2021 Lotus unveiled the all-new Lotus Emira, its last and best-of-breed petrol-powered sports car. An all-new mid-engined sports car with a striking design, it delivers delivering exotic supercar appeal in sports car segment. The first customer cars will be delivered in 2022. https://media.lotuscars.com/en/galleries/emira.html The Lotus Evija, the world’s first all-electric British hypercar has a target power output of 2,000 PS making it the world’s most powerful series production road car. The results in a target 0-62 mph (0-100km/h) in under three seconds and a top speed over 200 mph (320 km/h). Customer deliveries will begin during 2022. https://media.lotuscars.com/en/galleries/evija.html (feel free to choose your pictures – let me know if you need guidance) The Lotus Type 132, an EV SUV will be unveiled in the spring of 2022 and is the first in a range of lifestyle vehicles that will go on sale in all major markets around the world. Each will be pure electric and reinvent the core DNA of Lotus in a thrilling new way, delivering the very best in beautiful design, class-leading ride and handling, advanced materials and optimised motorsport-inspired aerodynamics.” 1/1 Website: Twitter: http://www.lotuscars.com https://twitter.com/lotuscars

Norwich Research Park < GO BACK TO ALL MEMBERS Norwich Research Park is one of five BBSRC-funded research and innovation campuses, in the UK. It is home to the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and four research institutes including The Sainsbury Laboratory, the John Innes Centre, the Earlham Institute and the Quadram Institute. These institutions work alongside a community of over 40 high-growth businesses, managed by Anglia Innovation Partnership the company charged with responsibility for placemaking, a campus-wide enterprise strategy and ambitious plans to attract investment and grow the park from 100,000 sq ft to over 1m sqft creating a successful research-based ecosystem able to deliver societal benefit including through commercialisation activity and new industry links. Research at the campus focuses on tackling global challenges such as food security, human disease and climate change with research topics including plant science, genomics, food and health research, medical research, climate research and computational biology. AIP LLP aims to raise awareness of the opportunities at the research campus including the specialist facilities, services and tech platforms available for researchers and companies to access. We want to ensure that awareness is raised locally, regionally, nationally and internationally of the exciting opportunities to collaborate and develop new research and business opportunities at Norwich Research Park. The full story is yet to be told, and the amazing opportunities are there to be realised. 1/1 Website: Twitter: https://www.norwichresearchpark.com/ https://twitter.com/NorwichResearch

Anglia Components < GO BACK TO ALL MEMBERS Anglia Components plc is the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations. Technically adept, with an experienced team of staff, Anglia supports OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia's suppliers include many of the world's leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies. Anglia stocks over 2 billion components from over 1.3 million product lines in the UK. Components from every supplier are stocked in depth and breadth for same-day dispatch. Anglia aims to streamline logistics and reduce customers' transaction costs through services that include VMI, KAN-BAN, API, EDI, BoM management tools and customer-dedicated inventory, while an accurate, on-time delivery performance is a vital goal for the company. Anglia is listed in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work awards for 2023. Anglia is driven by an ethos of ever-improving customer understanding and, as a privately owned business, aims to provide a fast, consistent and highly responsive service. Further information can be found at www.anglia.com . Anglia are proud to partner with the Eastern Powerhouse to help amplify representation of the Electronics Industry by promoting investment in vital infrastructure and the elevated education attainment required to generate higher skilled and better paid jobs in the region. 1/1 Website: Twitter: https://www.anglia.com/ https://twitter.com/angliaComponent

Trade Mastermind < GO BACK TO ALL MEMBERS Based in Peterborough, Trade Mastermind offers focused training and support for tradespeople aiming to enhance their business skills and performance. The business was founded in 2020 by Joseph Valente, BBC Apprentice Winner, and former CEO of the largest independent boiler installation company. Our programs, including the CPD-accredited “7 Figure Business Builder Academy," provide comprehensive skill development in business planning, strategy, marketing, and sales, tailored specifically for the UK construction industry. With a blend of expert-led instruction, practical experiences, online learning, and networking opportunities, we equip trades business owners for rapid success. Through a 12 months transformational programme, business owners learn how to get more leads, close more sales, and make more profit by building a scalable, systemised business in construction. The Eastern region presents unique opportunities, especially in fostering a green economy and supporting the high-priority sectors of energy and technology. However, it also faces challenges such as housing shortages and the need for skilled labour, particularly in construction. By joining the Eastern Powerhouse, Trade Mastermind aims to contribute its expertise in training and development to help local businesses overcome these barriers, ensuring they are well-equipped to capitalise on the opportunities for growth and innovation. The partnership supports the Eastern Powerhouse's focus on economic development and infrastructure, underscoring Trade Mastermind’s commitment to fostering a robust local economy through education and development. 1/1 Website: Twitter: https://www.trademastermind.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/TradeCoaching

Carter Jonas < GO BACK TO ALL MEMBERS Carter Jonas are delighted to be supporting the Eastern Powerhouse in their bid to secure improved investment into the Eastern region. Carter Jonas are a multi-disciplinary property consultancy who aim to provide simply better advice to both private and public sector clients across the east of England and beyond. With an office of 120 staff in Cambridge, where our eastern region operations are based, we advise our clients on Planning, Development, Commercial Agency & Valuations, Property Management, Building Consultancy, Residential Sales and Lettings as well as Rural property matters including, estate management, sales, renewable energy and natural capital. It is our commitment to improving the built environment in the east of England which is at the forefront of our support for the Eastern Powerhouse and we have a desire to see better road and rail infrastructure to enhance connectivity and spread growth, higher quality and affordable housing to meet the demands of our residents, to build on the success of Cambridge as a life science cluster to open up other clustering opportunities elsewhere in the region and working with the government on their net zero carbon ambitions and achieving a sustainable renewable energy platform, which the east of England has the resources to significantly contribute towards. This agenda aligns closely with the ambitions of the Eastern Powerhouse and together we can have a stronger voice with which to deliver on these goals. 1/1 Website: Twitter: https://www.carterjonas.co.uk/commercial https://twitter.com/CarterJonas

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o2h < GO BACK TO ALL MEMBERS The o2h group has a vision of seeding new ideas in life sciences, AI/tech and green innovation. The divisions include funding, incubation and execution covering chemistry, biology and tech. The group is headquartered in Cambridge, UK at the stunning 2.76 acre Hauxton Mill SciTech Park where it is shaping a new vibrant innovation led community. o2h co-work labs home is a lovingly renovated old mill house and is a unique environment for those serendipitous conversations. The ‘experience sharing’ will just flow where members can expect a constant stream of lively people to come through our doors. It's quite an intimate setting, so we will make an intro, make you both a coffee and you can do the rest… o2h ventures has a track record of nurturing and investing in emerging life science companies. o2h human health S/EIS funds are focused on seeding early stage biotech therapeutics and related AI opportunities. o2h discovery has wet lab cell biology and genomics capabilities in Cambridge and is open to executing projects and regional collaborations. Further we understand that innovation is increasingly enabled by effective technology and o2h tech has experience of building MVP’s and software builds for these innovation-led companies. We have a passion for entrepreneurship and seek to collaborate by co-investing, co-creating and co-working across boundaries of academia, small/big co’s, the investment and government community. We are quite obsessive about playing our part in the creation of a global collaborative community from the East Anglian to spur exciting new ideas, and well, we just can’t help doing what we love. 1/1 Website: Twitter: https://o2h.com/ https://twitter.com/o2hgroup

Director, Eastern Powerhouse < GO BACK TO OUR TEAM Director, Eastern Powerhouse Email Address: phillip@easternpowerhouse.uk ​

Prof. Mario Caccamo < GO BACK TO ADVISORY BOARD Professor Mario Caccamo was appointed as the Head of Crop Bioinformatics at NIAB in 2015, Managing Director of NIAB EMR in 2017 and NIAB CEO in October 2021. A computer scientist by training, Mario has over 20 years’ experience in life science research and big data, including specific projects to apply the latest DNA sequencing technologies and bioinformatics methods to advance scientific understanding of crop genetics and the interaction of agricultural crops with their environment. Mario has led the work on the assembly of the first whole-genome release of the wheat reference sequence and was also one of the founding co-chairs of the expert working group within the Wheat Initiative focused on the deployment of an international Wheat Information System. He continues with his leading role in the cereal bioinformatics communities at both national and international levels.

Matt Windle < GO BACK TO ADVISORY BOARD Matt Windle was appointed Managing Director of Lotus Cars in January 2021, adding the title of Group Vice-President in August 2022. Prior to that he was Executive Director, Engineering, from February 2020, a role which included leadership of Lotus Engineering, the consultancy division of the business. Matt has also been Executive Director, Sports Car Engineering, from July 2018. With more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, Matt has held senior management roles with both high and low-volume companies. He has worked internationally with businesses such as Volvo, Tesla, Zenos, Caterham and Daewoo. Matt first worked for Lotus in 1998 as a CAD designer before moving on to further his career, returning in 2017. His role as MD of Lotus Cars is to continue to deliver Vision80, the corporate strategy which is transforming the Lotus business and brand before its 80th birthday in 2028. Between now and then, Matt continues to lead Lotus as it becomes a global force in performance cars with a revolutionised product range. His goal is for Lotus to be a financially strong company which is fully committed to the needs of its customers, staff and stakeholders.

Advisory Board HOME > ADVISORY BOARD Welcome from the Chair ​ ​ The Eastern Powerhouse is a dynamic, business-led, independent organisation which makes a strategic argument for investment in the East of England. We are promoting the East as a world-leader of innovation in green energy, technology and life s cien ces. We support sustainable business growth that leads to better opportunities for people across the East. ​ The East has long been the forgotten corner of the United Kingdom, but we are speaking for the whole of the region, calling for investment into health, education, and infrastructure, and showing government that funding here will gain significant return, not achievable elsewhere. Our businesses are already world leaders, and the East of England is now ready to unlock the potential it has shown over the last 40 years. James Palmer Chair Eastern Powerhouse Read Bio Cllr. Colin Noble Member Councillor, West Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council Read Bio Martyn Fordham Member Managing Director, Asynt Ltd. Read Bio Prashant Shah Member CEO, o2h co-work labs, co-founder o2h group Read Bio Roz Bird Member CEO, Norwich Research Park Read Bio William Rooke Member Partner - Head of Eastern Commercial, Carter Jonas Read Bio Candy Richards Member Development Manager - East Anglia, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Read Bio Dr Nikos Savvas Member CEO, Eastern Colleges Group Read Bio Matt Windle Member Group VP & Managing Director, Lotus Cars Read Bio Prof. Mario Caccamo Member CEO, NIAB Read Bio Sean Milbank Member Founder and Chairman, Milbank Group Read Bio

Business Development < GO BACK TO OUR TEAM Business Development Email Address: andy.forbes@respublica.org.uk ​