Policy Group

The Policy Group considers strategic and cross-cutting policy issues and coordinates CA policy activity across the various thematic groups.

The Group is a vital place to develop Cambridge Ahead members to discuss and develop policy, evidence and insights relevant to our over-arching good growth agenda.  It is connected to and informed by our Policy Forum, which is a group that brings together senior stakeholders from across the local ecosystem.

The Policy Forum provides a space for sharing insights and evidence between policy makers and major employers, and for developing collaborative approaches to the challenges and opportunities facing the Greater Cambridge economy.

Policy Group Chair: Dr David Cleevely CBE FREng FIET

David Cleevely is an entrepreneur who has founded a series of companies including Abcam, Analysys and the award-winning restaurant Bocca di Lupo. He is Chairman of Chemify (a Glasgow University spin out founded with Professor Lee Cronin), Focal Point Positioning, and the Cambridge Science Centre. He was Chairman of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Founding Director of the Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge and co-founded Cambridge Network, Cambridge Wireless, Cambridge Angels and Cambridge Ahead.

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Project Group Members

Laura Dunkling, Assistant Director of Strategy, Cambridge University Hospitals*
Mike Emmerich, Founding Director, Metro Dynamics Ltd
Thomas Fieldhouse, Public Affairs Manager, MAG Stansted Airport*
Harriet Fear, Chair and Honorary Member of Cambridge Ahead
Anne-Cecile Larribau, Head of Public Affairs, University of Cambridge*
Paul Mumford, Project Director, Urban and Civic*
Peter Stephens, Director of Government Partnerships, UK, Arm*
Andy Williams, CA Honorary Member
Hannah Hickman, Chair of CA Planning & Housing Group
Gareth John, Chair of CA Skills Group
James Curtis, Interim Chair of CA Young Advisory Committee

*Member/Member Organisation

Cambridge Ahead Executive Team:  Dan Thorp, CEO,  Andrew McGowan, Director of Programmes and Partnerships, Andrew Limb, Policy Director, Emma Pritchard, Policy and Research Officer