Nigel Brewster

SCR Vice Chair

Partner, Brewster Pratap Recruitment Group

After over 15 years in the executive search and recruitment sector Nigel founded the award winning Brewster Pratap Recruitment Group in 2011 which has gone on to be in the top 1% of the UK’s fastest growing start-ups.

Nigel has also been active in business representation and policy development over the last decade through his roles as President of Doncaster Chamber for two terms between 2007 and 2011 and Chairman of the Sheffield City Region Chambers of Commerce group between 2011 and 2012.

Nigel was appointed to the Board as a founder member of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (SCR LEP) in 2010, was reappointed for a further 3 years in 2013and in January 2016 was appointed by the incoming LEP Chair Sir Nigel Knowles to act as Vice Chair.  During this time Nigel has served as private sector lead for the LEP’s ‘Skills’ work stream and has been instrumental in SCR LEP being recognised nationally for its Skills related policy initiatives including negotiating devolved skills funding through the ‘City Deal’ in 2011,further devolution of skills funding in 2014 and the most recent city region devolution deal of 2015/16.  

Nigel is a recognised contributor and speaker on a range of Skills and Business Growth related topics and also serves as a Trustee of a number of regional Charitable organisations.