Yuri is the Managing Director of the Sheffield based major sports events company, MLS Contracts Ltd., Chairman of the BBraun Sheffield Sharks basketball franchise, and Director of Park Community Arena Ltd, which operates the newly built multi-purpose Canon Medical Arena on Sheffield’s Olympic Legacy Park. The arena is the permanent home of the Sheffield Sharks and Hatters basketball franchises, among other sports clubs and is the new home of MLS.

Jay is a leading figure in the legal world and has over 25 years’ experience of working with the charity sector. Having participated in several boards as a trustee, Jay uses her expertise to ensure that good governance is at the forefront of decision making.

Tony has lived in Sheffield all is life, is a successful businessman and supports several local charities.

Koen Lamberts is the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield and a Board member of the Russell Group. Professor Lamberts is a cognitive psychologist with an extensive track record in experimental and theoretical research on human perception and memory. Prior to Sheffield, he held leadership positions at the universities of York and Warwick.

At the age of 17 David formed a mobile disco business and then later supplemented that by working as a DJ in Sheffield nightclubs.

He set up his first limited company at the age of 23 with a £1,000 loan from his mother and a similar loan from Barclays Bank. He has built up his business, by acquisition and organic growth, to a group of manufacturing companies exporting to over 100 countries.

He has been a council member of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Director of Business Link and Chairman of the Business Community Partnership. He was a board member of the Sheffield First Partnership and Chairman of Sheffield First for Investment.

David has also served as a governor of Mansell School, a primary school in a deprived area of the city. He was asked to join the governing body after the school failed its Ofsted inspection. The school was successfully inspected some 16 months later and passed out of special measures.

In 2006, he led a bid to win a £26million grant from central government to encourage entrepreneurship in Sheffield and served as Chairman of the Local Economy Board tasked with delivering the programme. He has Chaired the Big Challenge, an entrepreneur programme delivered across all Sheffield secondary schools for the last ten years.

He was awarded an MBE in 2010 for his services to industry and regeneration in Sheffield. He has served for 5 years on the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership Board with specific responsibility for inward investment and business growth.

In 2013 he led a bid for £32 millions of RGF funding, on behalf of the Sheffield City Region which led onto a further £50 millions of investment funding and he chaired the Board overseeing the investment programme.

He was installed as Master Cutler for the year 2014-15 and is currently the Chairman of Sheffield City Trust as well as being Chairman of Cavendish Cancer Care. He is also a Non Exec Director for a number of manufacturing businesses.

He counts skiing, scuba diving, football, motor racing and sailing as hobbies. He has a private pilot’s licence and a Piper Saratoga aircraft based at Gamston Airport

Bookey is the Deputy Chief Executive at Sheffield Theatres. She is a Deputy Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, trustee of Utopia Theatre and also a Guardian and Executive of the Sheffield Assay Office.

She enjoys using her finance and business skills to support local businesses to develop and grow.

Helen is the Chief Executive Officer at Voluntary Action Sheffield and works to support the fantastic array of voluntary and community organisations in the city.

Ruth is a social worker, who sits on the Sheffield Theatres Trust Board along with Sheffield University Arts and Culture board, helping to drive diversity forward reinforcing the city of culture.

Nancy is passionate about everything to do with Sheffield and is a key voice within the city.

Graham is a hugely successful entrepreneur based in Sheffield and is a significant supporter of many local charities.