NatWest appointment to aid business growth
Josh Winfield has been appointed as the new regional ecosystem manager at NatWest, supporting businesses across the West Midlands.
In his new role, Josh (pictured) will be supporting new and established businesses to develop and grow through specially tailored programmes such as the NatWest Accelerator, Business Builder and other business development initiatives provided by the bank.
Working with a range of partners, Josh will lead on the delivery of activity across the region as part of the bank 's ambition to create 35,000 new businesses this year.
He said: “I 'm especially excited about our Climate Accelerator and Women in Business support throughout this year and into 2022.
“We have so many incredible female entrepreneurs and sustainable businesses across the West Midlands, championing innovation across all industries and sectors.
“To be able to support as many as we can to grow and scale would be a huge achievement. ”
Josh has been part of the bank 's Accelerator team for four years, having previously worked as a coach in the NatWest Accelerator Hub in Birmingham.
He was part of a team that put together the bank 's Business Builder programme - a virtual tool for new and early stage businesses to develop and grow - as well as putting together the NatWest 10K Challenge - a national pitching competition which launched during Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2020.
Prior to joining NatWest, Josh had his own record label business for six years which he left in 2014 before working across a number of SME 's in the IT and MI sectors.
Josh said: “We 're a bit of a best kept secret, the fact is we have nine incredible programmes to offer entrepreneurs and businesses of all ages, sizes and sectors, and it 's my job to focus on working with new and established partners across our amazing local eco-systems, identify opportunities and tailor our offering to meet business ' needs as well as possible.
“My purpose is quite simply to make sure the bank is doing all it can to support businesses in the UK to grow and develop and to raise awareness of how we can do that. ”