England's Economic Heartland is the sub-national transport body for the region stretching from Swindon and Oxfordshire across to Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. We're at the forefront of boosting connectivity to unlock our region’s unique economic potential, improve people's lives and support environmental ambitions.
England's Economic Heartland is one of seven sub-national transport bodies covering the entirety of England outside of London.
We advise the Government on the strategic transport priorities for the region, which includes the entirety of the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor. EEH also works to improve existing services and maximise the benefits of forthcoming infrastructure such as East West Rail. And we create economies of scale for our local and combined authority partners by developing tools and data they can use, while also sharing best practice and expert advice within our Centre of Excellence.
We are funded by DfT and our local and combined authority partners, and steered by our Strategic Transport Leadership Board of local elected leaders and cabinet members. Our current chair is Cllr Liz Leffman, leader of Oxfordshire County Council.
EEH works in a spirit of genuine collaboration with our local partners; Government and its agencies such as National Highways and Network Rail; regional partners such as the Supercluster Board, Universities Group and East West Railway Company; and with the wider business, industry and transport sectors.
Our latest annual report provides a flavour of the work we do.
Sub-national transport bodies produce a transport strategy for their region and advise the government on investment priorities.There are seven sub-national transport bodies covering the entirety of England outside of London.There is a strong culture of collaboration between sub-national transport bodies, including joint working on the big strategic issues facing the country.
Chair: Cllr Liz Leffman (leader of Oxfordshire County Council)
England's Economic Heartland business unit:
Naomi Green: Managing Director
James Golding-Graham: Head of Decarbonisation and Innovation
Suzanne Winkels: Technical Programme Manager
Fiona Foulkes: Capability, Excellence & Governance Manager
Mingfei Ma: Analysis and Modelling Manager
Abi Nichols: Project Lead
Trevor Brennan: Project Lead
Nathalie Mazhunga: Project Officer
Milly Murray: Senior Transport Strategy Officer
Erin Pitcher: Business Operations Assistant
Hanane Elmaarouf: Business Operations Assistant
Balal Farooqi: Data analyst
Adam King: External Affairs and Policy Manager
For general enquiries and freedom of information requests please contact businessunit@englandseconomicheartland.com.
For media enquiries please contact external affairs and policy manager Adam King: aking@englandseconomicheartland.com
Our address is:
England’s Economic Heartland business unit
c/o Buckinghamshire Council
Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP20 1UA