Brian Dunsby
Brian Leslie Dunsby, OBE, CEng, FIChemE, FIM, FCIM, FIAM, FIBC, is the principal, Perlex Associates, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He is the chief executive of the non-profit Yorkshire Business Market Ltd.[1]
Dunsby is a successful entrepreneur.[2] He founded a perlite business which he sold to a major agricultural supplier. Afterwards he channelled much of his energies thorough Perlex Associates, which outsourced organisational tasks.
He has helped other entrepreneurs to create and grow new businesses.[2] He has provided a significant amount of this help at his own cost.[2]
In 1992 Dunsby became Chief Executive of the Institute of Business Advisers.[2]
Dunsby was elected director of the International Council of Small Business in 1999, organising the 2003 World Conference.[2]
2001-2006, he was on the governing body of the World Association of SMEs.[2]
In 2001, he was elected director of the UK Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and organised the International Entrepreneurship Conferences from 2004-2008.[2]
Dunsby has been the Chief Executive of the Harrogate Chamber of Commerce since 2002,[3] though he has announced will step down in spring 2016.[4]
In 2008, he was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.[5][6]
Dunsby organised the Harrogate Christmas Market in 2013, an award winning event put on by Perlex Associates and Harrogate Chamber of Commerce, under the auspices of the non-profit Yorkshire Business Market Ltd.[1]
Dunsby was the secretary of the John Innes Manufactures Association (JIMA), until he retired form that role after 32 years involvement with the organization in 2010.[7]
He was appointed OBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours.
References
- ^ a b "Christmas Market wins Best Achievement". www.harrogatechristmasmarket.org. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Case Studies:Brian Dunsby". Queensawards.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Chamber Chief Executive to step down at AGM". Harrogate Informer. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58673/supplement/4/data.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Brian Dunsby retires after 32 years with trade association". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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