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		Mark Powell - Broomby Chief Executive After 20 years as a teacher, a social worker, a civil servant, and a community service organiser, Mark came to Sheffield in 1989 to set up the UK's first post consumer plastics reclamation enterprise. From the outset he employed a workforce of adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues, and between 1989 and 2002 Reclaim grew into one of the leading Social Firms in the country, with a turnover of more than £1m. In the late 1990s, Mark set up two more companies -Yes2Ventures and IMBY - to create employment for people who are severely disadvantaged in the labour market for health related and social reasons. In 2006,when IMBY's Trustees moved away from Social Firm development, he formed Broomby CIC as a development agency and hands-on consultancy for developing Social Firms. Mark has a degree in Drama (B.A. Hons) and is a Director of Dead Earnest Theatre. Along the way, he has acquired an M.A. in Learning Disability Services, and a Cropwood Fellowship from the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University. He was a founder Director of Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber (SEYH) and until recently a Director of The Social Enterprise Coalition. He is on the Board of Social Firms UK and is a co-author of ‘The Extra Elements – A Social Firm Trainer.
		David Ware – Non-executive Director of Broomby David is a company lawyer and a senior partner in Wake Smith & Co., a law firm with its HQ in Sheffield. He has known Mark Powell for 20 years and helped him to set up Reclaim, Yes2Ventures and Broomby.
		Mike Sheardown – Financial Director of Broomby Mike is the founder and Chief Executive of Citizenship First, a Sheffield based organisation that has been providing home care and support to people with learning disabilities for the last 10 years. He became a Director of Broomby in February 2010 and his company has chosen to invest in Broomby's businesses as a way of bringing together work and home life.
		Tom Pick - Buster's Area Manager Tom Pick graduated in psychology, and first used his skills in setting up a recruitment business and in working with young offenders. Since 2004, Tom has worked in the field of social care – working primarily with people who have learning disabilities, and managing supported living schemes that empower them and help to meet their needs. Tom takes a particular interest in the leisure options for the people in his care, and he is actively involved in Love ‘n Stuff, a dating and social group for adults with learning disabilities.