Rachel Clark
Director of Trade and Investment
An experienced inward investment professional, experienced in the public, private and charity sectors, working to build investment and expansion into South Yorkshire.
Knowledgeable, personable and experienced in working with senior business leaders across sectors, enhancing their organisations by giving a high level of support and assistance enabling profitable and easy expansion into South Yorkshire.
M: +44 (0)7795 953 522
E: rachel.clark@scrinvest.com
Steve Burrows
Senior Business Development Manager
Steve has over 20 years working at senior levels within commercial environments and has experience in several overseas markets. Having lead teams on large multinational projects with a focus on business development and change management he understands the importance of effective communication and relationship building to deliver successful outcomes in markets that can differ culturally, socially and economically. He moved to the Yorkshire Region from Cheshire in 2019 and welcomes the hillwalking opportunities the local landscape now provides.
M: +44(0) 7394 402 427
E: stephen.burrows@scrinvest.com
Steve Carroll
Business Support Advisor
Steve has worked with the South Yorkshire Access to Finance team for over five years on a range of projects including inward investment, grants and advisory work. With over 20 years management experience in senior finance roles in retail, manufacturing and service sector companies, before this Steve qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant with a leading international advisory firm. He understands the importance of effective collaboration in achieving commercial success. With strong family roots in Sheffield, Steve has a real desire to help the region prosper.
M: +44(0) 7740 080774
E: steve.carroll@sheffieldcityregion.org.uk
Andy McKenna
Business Support and Access to Finance Advisor
Andy has worked within the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority for 6 years on a range of projects including Access to Finance, grant advisory and assessment, and latterly supporting businesses recovering from Covid related issues. His role is to support businesses looking for funding either from the Public or Private Sector. Andy was a banker with Yorkshire Bank for 26 years before leaving the industry and setting up his own business working with a number of organisations and businesses, including supporting a number of Local Authorities across the UK with their grant programmes. Andy is a keen (but slow) runner and plays bassoon with a number of orchestras.
M: +44(0) 7740 054794
E: andrew.mckenna@sheffieldcityregion.org.uk
Simon Kirk
Simon’s role is primarily focused on working with markets in Europe and the USA to attract inward investment to South Yorkshire.
Simon has vast experience across the private and public sector, originally cutting his teeth in the world of manufacturing, before moving into economic development. He has led change management projects, welfare to work programmes and international inward investment campaigns in Europe and the Far East. Simon’s experience gives him a solid foundation to identify the drivers, and understand the needs of businesses, people, and place to help them grow and prosper.
Simon is a member of the Institute of Place Management, the international professional body that supports people committed to developing, managing, and making places better. Outside of work, Simon is a keen a runner, competing in marathons along with setting-up an award-winning running club for beginners. Simon is Derby County fan and enjoys cricket, music, arts, and culture.
M: + 44(0) 7394 574236
E: simon.kirk@scrinvest.com
Mustaq Birander
Mustaq is Investment Manager, with the Inward Investment team promoting South Yorkshire to overseas investors across the globe to help build their investment and expansion into the region. In working with businesses and organisations by giving support and assistance enabling profitable and easy expansion into South Yorkshire.
Mustaq has held a variety of appointments with UK Trade Investment including Deputy Head of Mission and Head of UK Trade Investment in Kolkata and has enjoyed over 30 years of Trade and Investment work. He brings a wealth of extensive experience working with vast range of businesses across many sectors and having worked overseas serving in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Jordan, India, UAE and have travelled extensively in many international markets. He has worked in the private sector in a senior role with a large private investment group in UAE. Mustaq has an in depth knowledge of UK Trade Investment environment and deep expertise in working with businesses. When not working he enjoys walking, travelling and watching football.
E: mustaq.birader@scrinvest.com
Rachel Fletcher
Rachel has worked within the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority for 6 years on a range of projects including Access to Finance, grant advisory and assessment, and latterly supporting businesses recovering from Covid related issues on behalf of both Sheffield City Council and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Rachel established her own bespoke consultancy company which employs a team of 3 consultants FCS Associates Ltd in 2004 to provide grant and public sector tender writing services and business support working on behalf of public and private sector customers. Prior to setting up FCS, Rachel was Managing Director of Beta Technology Ltd, a regional technology and grant funding consultancy. Rachel enjoys travel and running.
M: + 44(0) 7931 393475
E: rachel.fletcher@sheffieldcityregion.org.uk
Ken Nettleship
Ken is an experienced inward investment and business expansion professional. He advises businesses that are already based in South Yorkshire on how and where to expand their business. For more that 20 years he has been involved a huge range of inward investment and expansion projects working with companies from global players to fast-growing start-ups.
Ken has worked with companies across a range of sectors including tech, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and life sciences.
Outside of work, Ken is a long-suffering Sheffield Wednesday fan and enjoys playing cricket, going to music concerts and cooking for friends and family.
M: + 44(0) 7786 854764
E: ken.nettleship@scrinvest.com
Arthur Smith
Key Account Manager working with large foreign owned companies to support further investment and expansion in South Yorkshire.
Arthur is an experienced account and business development manager with almost 20 years’ experience in Inward Investment roles. He also has private sector experience in sales and manufacturing but has spent the last 10 years on the DIT Investment Services Team contract as a Senior Sector Manager leading the Advanced Engineering team. Arthur specialised on Automotive, Aerospace, Space and manufacturing helping to deliver new investment and create jobs across the country. He also delivered training programmes for account management in the UK, Canada and the USA and was part of the UK investment team at the Shanghai Expo.
M: +44(0) 7523 943810
E: arthur.smith@scrinvest.com
