Kevin Davis DL
For nearly 30 years Kevin Davis has been a social entrepreneur and civic leader working across social finance, education, employment, health and faith-based community regeneration. He is Chief Executive of the Vine Trust Group, which includes the Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation and the Mercian Multi Academy Trust, a family of 12 schools which he co-founded and chairs, educating more than 10,000 students in the Black Country.
He previously served as a non-executive director for the West Midland’s School of Social Entrepreneurs, and the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, where he led the “Economy of Together” policy framework bringing together business, public services and civil society.
He is lately a Non-Executive Member of the NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board, where he led on health inequalities, also Chairing their Coventry Care Collaborative.
In addition to being a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, Kevin holds a number of non-executive and trustee roles which reflect his social interests, including Black Country Housing Group, and The Oversight Trust, which oversees organisations investing social finance derived from the Dormant Assets scheme.