BID manager leaves role in Mansfield
Sarah Nelson, the chief executive at Mansfield Business Improvement District, is set to leave the post after being headhunted for a senior role in London.
Nelson joined the BID in June 2011, leading a team of five.
Managing a core budget of £380,000, she also successfully sought and secured funding of over £200,000 over the first BID term.
She went on to devise and lead on the BID’s second term business plan and strategy, securing a second term for the organisation.
She has overseen and managed the BID’s town centre events, and guided the town centre to gaining, and then retaining, the coveted Purple Flag status.
She also led on key projects such as Healthy High Street and the Town Team, and has worked in partnership with all key stakeholders such as district and county councils, local colleges and schools and charities.
Nelson will leave the BID in mid-October, taking up a programme director role with specialist regeneration consultancy Primera, based in Hatton Gardens.
She said: “It was a very difficult decision to leave Mansfield but this is an opportunity that could not be turned down. Mansfield has a fantastic town centre, with fabulous businesses and people who are working together for the benefit of people who live and work here.
“Because of this, I will of course be very sad to leave but I am proud of what I, and the close-knit BID team, have achieved over six years.”
John Sankey, who chairs the BID, said: “We have now begun the search to find the ideal person to become BID manager. From Purple Flag, to Party on the Market, and from business efficiency programmes to campaigns, Sarah has really helped Mansfield town centre to thrive. She will be a hard act to follow but we wish her all the very best for the future.”
