Ann Limb

Non-Executive Director

Ann is an educationalist, businesswoman and charity entrepreneur who holds a number of public and private sector non-executive directorships. She writes and publishes on strategic leadership and corporate culture change and features amongst the top UK executives in the innovative 50 LES50NS portfolio.  Ann was a finalist in the Cambridgeshire Businesswoman of the Year in 2000 and sits on the National Council of the Institute of Directors

Ann spent the first half of her career working in education including 14 years as Principal and Chief Executive of Milton Keynes College and Cambridge Regional College. She is one of only a handful of senior professionals who has made a successful transition from public sector leadership to the mainstream private sector, now serving on the main boards of DRS Data Research and Services Group plc where she is also Chair of the Remuneration Committee and briteyellow where she is the senior independent director of this rapidly growing a wireless broadband company.

Ann holds two Ministerial appointments as Chair of the Legal Deposit Advisory Panel and Chair of the Milton Keynes Partnership. She also chairs five major national charities.  

“I like to back winners – and I became involved in Derek’s work because I believe he is a winner. I know how deeply committed he and his team are to nurturing winners and to developing and encouraging young talent and entrepreneurship. I want to assist EiA to become the leading organisation inspiring young people to change their lives through business”