Anne-Marie Mountifield is the Chief Executive of the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, an organisation which works collaboratively with partners across the 12 Solent Local councils, businesses, colleges and the Universities to help shape the region’s future economic growth. Her role is to lead the Solent LEP towards its objective to make Solent a £30 billion economy by 2020, whilst working to deliver an investment plan for the area worth £1.51 billion over the same period.
For more than 20 years of her career, Anne-Marie has held senior executive leadership posts in Further Education, the Civil Service (for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills) and Local government before taking up the role at Solent LEP as Chief Executive in 2012.
Her professional background started in industry, moving on to further education and skills and local government before taking up her current role where she leads on the roll out of the Solent Strategic Economic Plan.
Anne-Marie is a member of the Institute of Directors.