Love Business EXPO 2025

Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough, LE11 3GR - 9:30am - 3:00pm

Kevin Harris

President, East Midlands Chamber and Chair of LLEP

A prominent figure in the regional business scene Kevin Harris was appointed President of East Midlands Chamber on 7th November 2018.

Kevin has been heavily involved in helping to attract significant inward investment into Leicestershire in recent years.

Kevin is Office Managing Partner at RSM, the world’s 6th largest accountancy and advisory firm and is also Chair of the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP), Kevin has been involved with the Chamber for many years. He was Chair at Leicestershire Chamber and oversaw its merger with the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce to form East Midlands Chamber in 2013.

Kevin on Brexit

With Brexit day falling during his Presidency, he said his first goal would be to “make sure the Chamber continues to offer the help, guidance and support to steer members through the changes that lie ahead”.

 

He said: “I want to make sure Government keeps the needs of business paramount in its deliberations before Brexit and focuses on the needs of businesses in the wake of our divorce from the EU, whether that is with or without a deal, with or without a transition period.”

A keen believer in the ‘power of three’, he set two other goals for his term as President.

They are to focus on the opportunities presenting themselves to businesses in the UK from Brexit, from the Government’s Industrial Strategy and from the Local Industrial Strategies that are being developed by Local Enterprise Partnerships and to develop improved links between business and education and focus attention on the skills agenda as a whole.

A person who understands what businesses need

As a ‘hands-on’ business adviser, Kevin works closely with the management and shareholders of privately-owned businesses to first establish and then help deliver their corporate and personal objectives.

 

Kevin specialises in helping businesses determine and execute their corporate strategy combining both formal training, through an MBA qualification, and 30 years of practical experience. As a strong communicator and being action-orientated, Kevin is used to working alongside a diverse group of people to get things done. A central part of his role with RSM involves managing a portfolio of local businesses, delivering both advisory support and compliance services, such as audit and taxation.

 

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