A senior business executive with widespread international experience has been appointed to the Board of the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Liverpool-born Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson has previously worked in locations around the world for companies such as Ford Motor Company; global food solutions and financial services company Cargill; travel and leisure services provider priceline.com; global life sciences business Novartis and global fashion house Liz Claiborne.
More recently, she was Interim HR Director for Iceland Foods during their share sale process and she is Managing Director of Just For People Ltd, a consultancy company she founded in 2003.
Liverpool City Region LEP Chair Robert Hough said: “Jeanette is an outstanding addition to the LEP Board. She will bring special expertise to the LEP in the areas of Marketing, Change Management and Human Resources. I am delighted she has accepted our invitation to join the LEP. Board Members are looking forward to working with her.”
Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson commented: “The Liverpool City Region LEP has set itself a challenging agenda to drive job creation and sustainable economic growth across the region. As a native of Liverpool, with a home in the Liverpool City Region, I am excited by the opportunities identified for further growth and I am passionate about helping drive forward the transformation of our economy. I am also immensely proud to have been asked to contribute to the LEP’s efforts and am looking forward to working with members of the LEP Board, its partners and stakeholders.”
Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of both Liverpool Vision and the Eldonian Group Limited, respectively.