Stephen Parnaby OBE is Deputy Chair of the HEY LEP.
Stephen is Business Development Director at Wren Kitchens, where he has overseen the major expansion at its Barton site – doubling operations and creating 1,200 jobs.
He has also successfully created and developed a range of businesses from scratch – founding Cottingham Caravan Storage, with over 400 caravans onsite, while also operating and managing petrol filling stations in Hull, the East Riding and North Lincolnshire; setting up and running an intensive livestock business producing free-range eggs and supplying 1.5 million eggs to the retail market annually; and overseeing commercial, residential and holiday accommodation as landlord.
He was Leader of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council from its inception in 1996 until May 2019.
