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WMGC

About Us

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The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) helps create new jobs. Build and expand businesses. Attract regional investment and encourage tourism. We work to achieve the objectives set out in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Strategic Economic Plan.

Formerly Marketing Birmingham, our company was established in April 2017. We’ve enjoyed great successes with our leisure, business tourism and inward investment programmes and we’ll continue to grow them to reach our ambitions for the region.

The region’s Local Enterprise Partnerships, local authorities, Growth Hubs, universities and a wide range of businesses across the private sector have come together to create our new company. We focus our core activities across Greater Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire and the Black Country, with the potential and scope to deliver services for the wider West Midlands.

The WMGC is owned by the WMCA and its Constituent Members, with governance that heavily involves the private sector in the majority. Its core WMCA and local authority funding will be used to attract significant additional funding from the private sector and other sources, such as future Devolution Deals.

Our Vision & Mission Statement

To be the leading regional investment promotion and economic development agency, unlocking potential for the West Midlands and the UK.

To build a region of choice which attracts investment and grows the economy through partnership across all sectors.

Senior Management Team

Neil Rami

Chief Executive

Roger Mendonça

Chief Operating Officer

Nicola Hewitt

Commercial Director

Emma Gray

Director of Marketing & Communications

Board Members

Councillor Gordon Alcott

Deputy Leader

Cannock Chase District Council 

Fiona Allan

Artistic Director & Chief Executive

Birmingham Hippodrome

Nick Blofeld

Divisional Director

Warwick Castle 

Deborah Cadman, CBE

Chief Executive

West Midlands Combined Authority

Councillor Sean Coughlan

Leader

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 

Professor Stuart Croft

Vice Chancellor & President

University of Warwick 

Councillor George Duggins

Leader

Coventry City Council 

Nick Eastwood

Deputy Chairman

WASPS 

Councillor Steve Eling

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Leader, Sandwell MBC

Keith Ireland

Managing Director

City of Wolverhampton Council 

Ninder Johal

CEO

Nachural Group of Companies 

Paul Kehoe, CBE

Chairman

West Midlands Growth Company

Professor John Latham

Vice Chancellor & CEO

Coventry University 

Rob Lissner

Managing Director

Gee & Co 

Chris Loughran

Vice Chairman

Deloitte UK

Roger Mendonça

Chief Operating Officer

West Midlands Growth Company

Neil Rami

Chief Executive

West Midlands Growth Company

Councillor Bob Sleigh, OBE

Leader

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Mark Smith

Partner

PwC

Paul Thandi

CEO

NEC Group

Councillor Ian Ward

Leader

Birmingham City Council 

Tom Westley

Chairman

Westley Group