About Board
Phil Hand
Phil is the Manager Start-Ups and Small Business, Barclays Bank PLC based in Borough High Street. Phil brings to Business Extra a considerable amount of local business knowledge and experience.
Bob Austin
Bob is the Chief Executive of the London Youth Support Trust (LYST) , which is the largest youth enterprise support organisation, offering incubation, in London. LYST has close links with The Prince’s Trust and has most recently set-up a second incubator at Deptford after opening an incubator at Hackney in 2005. Bob advises Business Extra on youth and incubation strategies, particularly in providing youth incubator capacity in Southwark, and in helping to set up the London Knowledge Innovation Centre (LKIC) at the Elephant & Castle and to help overcome the local supply deficit. Bob is also the Company Secretary of Business Extra
Leke Dada
Leke is an experienced local businessman with considerable local knowledge and currently is the Sales Director of Supertec Designs Limited based in the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. He is keenly involved in helping all small businesses and promoting greater BAME involvement in small business and is actively involved in the Elephant & Castle Traders Association.
Lee Bartlett
Lee is a successful local businessman and is Managing Director of GE Heat Limited a new force in affordable thermal energy.He has a wealth of local business knowledge and experience. Lee is also the past Chair of the Southwark Chamber of Commerce, one of the oldest chambers in London, and representing a wide range of local business interests.
Claudio Correa
Claudio Correa is an enthusiastic and respected member of the rapidly growing and dynamic Latin American community in Southwark. He is the Business Advisor for Latin American CDP Ltd based at the Borough and has specialist experience in social enterprise advice and development.
Brian Hodge
Brian Hodge is a Southwark community representative on the Board and brings with him a wealth of experience in sustainable community development and regeneration.