As Research Associate for the Centre for the New Midlands Beverley is currently working to produce a Business Manifesto for the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. She also runs her own consultancy working with the UK’s only Very Light Rail operator, Pre Metro Operations Ltd.
Beverley is a Visiting Professor with the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University where she worked for 15 years in a number of roles including as Executive Director at the Institute for Design, Economic Acceleration & Sustainability (IDEAS), as Visiting Tutor, MA Design Management, Director of Employer Engagement and Director of Corporate Affairs. Beverley was appointed an Expert Commissioner for the Manufacturing Commission and All-Party Manufacturing Group in 2021.
Publications
Beverley co-authored ‘Redesigning Manufacturing’ (2015) with Professor Michael Beverland and Vicky Pyrce, co-editing ‘Brexit Negotiations After Article 50’ (2019), ‘English Regions after Brexit’ (2020) ‘Exploring the Green Economy’, ‘Green Manufacturing’ (2021), ‘India at 75’ (2023) and ‘Examining Net Zero’ (2025). She has written various academic papers, recently co-authoring a report for the British Academy, ‘Enabling a just transition in automotive: evidence from the West Midlands and South Australia’, together with a number of papers on the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter industry cluster, amongst other articles for industry partners and publications.
Business
Beverley was previously appointed as the first female Director of the FTSE 250 company, AGA Rangemaster plc and MD of subsidiary interiors business, Fired Earth.
She worked for the CBI for 13 years as Director of CBI West Midlands, Assistant Director, CBI North West, Acting Manager, CBI Brussels and Policy Adviser in the European Department, CBI London.
Beverley chairs the not-for-profit business, Boundless Outdoors Ltd, which she founded when it was threatened with closure as part of the Worcestershire County Council’s outdoor education portfolio. It has since trebled its revenues over the past 12 years, opening a new centre and welcoming 13,000 children and young people to enjoy the great outdoors each year.
Beverley established Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd to promote ultra or very light, sustainable and affordable trains and trams, designed and manufactured in the West Midlands. A pilot vehicle was successfully trialled and tested as a UK first-of-a-kind at Long Marston in 2020 following funding awarded by Innovate UK and the Department for Transport.
Politics
Beverley was elected as a Worcestershire County Councillor in 2021 and has served as a councillor on Malvern Hills District Council since 2019 where she has held both the Economic Development and Environment portfolios. In 2021 she was appointed Climate Tsar for Liam Byrne MP in supporting his campaign for West Midlands Mayor.