Awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to enterprise, Louise has worked at the most senior levels in both the private and public sectors. Louise began her career as a graduate management trainee in retail prior to moving into healthcare, working in education, professional sector and, indeed, has owned and run her own small business. She is a Deputy Lieutenant representing Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands and Louise was the High Sheriff for the West Midlands 2021/22. Louise was appointed as Chief Executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce in February 2003 which under her leadership was a multi-million pound turnover business offering value-add services to Members and commissioning and delivering enterprise and education support, providing employment for some 100 staff. She chose to step away in Dec 2022 to move on to enjoy new stuff and is now the President of Warwickshire College University Centre. Louise has a strong standing interest in youth entrepreneurship and has led a Midlands Young Person's Centre of Expertise for Youth Enterprise.Louise is a 1st Class Honours Graduate in Business; is a qualified CIPD (human resource) Practitioner; and has a Masters in Business Administration. She is also a qualified Counsellor / Psychotherapist Practitioner and has worked as a volunteer for the North Worcestershire Bereavement Service.Having worked at both a regional and sub-regional level, Louise has a vast network of contacts and robust relationships with public and private sector colleagues across the West Midlands. Louise and her husband have been fostering children for over ten years alongside loving their own family of children, horses, dogs and more.