Meet the Team

Tim Carroll – Chair - Yeovil Vision Project Management Board

Tim is the Leader of the Council for South Somerset District Council. He also served as a County Councillor for Somerset County Council, holding several offices including responsibility for Planning, Transport and Waste from 1997 - 2005.

Tim serves on numerous joint and regional committees including membership of the South West Regional Assembly where he led the successful A303/A358 campaign. Tim is also a member of the Somerset Economic Partnership, Somerset Strategic Partnership and the Chairman of a number of local Charities and Trusts.

In his life before Local Government, Tim was involved in project management in the Cable and Communications sector through out the UK.
 

Alan Brown – Projects Director – Yeovil Vision

Alan was appointed as Yeovil Vision Projects Director in April 2007. Alan is a Chartered Surveyor and has over twenty five years experience of regeneration in both the public and private sectors. He was previously Chief Executive of BP D’Arcy Development Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of British Petroleum.

Alan enjoys working on complex and challenging regeneration projects with a full range of local stakeholders.

David Mills – Chair – Galaxy Group

David Mills has been Manager of the Quedam Centre since he arrived in Yeovil in early 2000.

During his time in Yeovil, David has had a deep involvement in the business and wider community including being a former President of Yeovil Chamber of Trade, former Chairman of Yeovil Town Centre Partnership, and being a past member on the advisory boards for both University Centre Yeovil and Orchard FM.

Nationally, David Mills is the co Chair of the UK’s annual shopping centre management conference which sees up to 600 shopping centre professionals from around the country meet up in major conference venues.

A passionate advocate for Yeovil, David never misses and opportunity to boost the profile of Yeovil and (Yeovil Town FC!) wherever he goes and has total confidence in a very bright future for Yeovil.

Tony Fife – Portfolio Holder for Yeovil Vision

Tony Fife is an extremely enthusiastic and dedicated member of Yeovil Vision and takes pleasure in seeing Vision ideas become reality. He has been a member of South Somerset District Council for 25 years and has always taken a very keen interest in the redevelopment and regeneration of Yeovil Town Centre. He was delighted, therefore, to be asked to take over the portfolio for the Yeovil Vision from its conception some six years ago to the present time.  Tony has been part of the consultations for the Urban Design Framework and the various development schemes associated with the Yeovil Vision.

Kim McDonald – PA Yeovil Vision

Kim joined the Yeovil Vision team in May 2007, having moved to Somerset from Hertfordshire. Most of Kim’s career has been in Marketing and Publishing, but most recently she worked in the Regeneration Department of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority where she supported a range of Government-funded projects to improve access to the Park.