Robin Teverson, Cornwall Councillor

Robin Teverson was MEP for Cornwall and Scilly in the 1990s and is currently a member of the House of Lords speaking on energy and climate change.

He also chairs the House of Lords European select committee on foreign affairs, defence and development policy.

He spent the first 18 years of his career in the freight industry rising to be a director of one of Europe's largest freight and logistics company. More recently he has been chief executive of two regional venture capital funds based in the South West.

He currently chairs Wessex Investors Limited. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.

Robin has two children. He lives with his wife near Tregony in Cornwall.

"Cornwall and Scilly were one of the first areas to get their act together and put their case before Vince Cable and the Government for their-own LEP. The quality of that bid meant that we won the case and the Cornwall and Scilly LEP was born. Just like the other directors I want to get on with the job and help build Cornwall's economy. It's a really strong team of directors, and I'm proud to be one of them. Times are difficult out there for all businesses. It's now up to us to show the new LEP can make a difference."