Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Environment and Economy 

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/124 

Non-Key Decision

Contact: Sadie Patamia, Head of Corporate Services – Enterprise Oxfordshire (Sadie.Patamia@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Economy and Place (SC7). 

To recommend the appointment of a Managing Director for Enterprise Oxfordshire, which is a reserved matter for Shareholder Committee.

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:

1.    Information relating to any individual

2.    Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached.

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Agree to the appointment of the candidate recommended by the Enterprise Oxfordshire Board to the position of Managing Director of Enterprise Oxfordshire, outlined in Exempt Annex 1.

The Deputy Chair, Councillor Laura Gordon (Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy), introduced the report.

During discussion, it was noted that a comprehensive recruitment and interview process was carried out comprising of senior officers at Enterprise Oxfordshire and the Council, along with the relevant Cabinet Member. It was noted that if the appointment was approved, the candidate would be ready to start in Autumn 2026.

Councillor Gordon moved and Councillor Fawcett seconded the recommendations and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:

a) Agree to the appointment of the candidate recommended by the Enterprise Oxfordshire Board to the position of Managing Director of Enterprise Oxfordshire, outlined in Exempt Annex 1.