John Bridge automatically obtained a seat on our board when he was elected as chair
of the Greater Peterborough Partnership – the city’s local strategic partnership.
It has added yet another round of meetings to John’s already crowded diary. As chief
executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce he already has more on his plate
than many people. Yet he is also a director of Cambridgeshire Horizons Ltd and Greater
Cambridge Partnership; chairman of the East of England Chambers of Commerce; a member
of Peterborough Regional Economic Partnership, East of England Business Group and
EERA Regional Planning Panel; a trustee of the Cambridgeshire Police Shrievalty
Trust and the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation; and a governor of Peterborough
College of Adult Education and of Kimbolton School.
Before his current batch of appointments John was managing director of C W Bridge
(Holdings) Ltd, a haulage firm originally started by his father. During his period
in the logistics and distribution industry John was also a director of the Road
Haulage Association Ltd and had an extended three-year term as national chairman.
He says: “Having run a family business I know how important it is to have the right
conditions to allow enterprise to develop and thrive.
“One of the key ways in which Opportunity Peterborough can help create those conditions
through ambitious growth is to get the infrastructure right – encouraging the investment
necessary to provide the right infrastructure for all modes of travel.”
John is keen to see Opportunity Peterborough working with other organisations in
the city to deliver not just infrastructure but economic growth and a variety of
benefits for the whole community.
He says: “Team work and partnerships are key to getting things done. Working together
we can achieve so much more than we can working alone.”