SFEDI is guided and advised by our Advisory Council comprised of representatives from the major national membership and representative organisations for enterprise and business and enterprise support.

The role of the council includes:

• Informing and upholding the standards for enterprise and business and enterprise support skills policy and practice
• Exchanging best practice in enterprise and business and enterprise support skills and know how
• Promoting awareness of the benefits of and access to enterprise and business and enterprise support learning and skills
• Acting as a central policy advisory group on all things relating to enterprise and business and enterprise support Learning and Skills

By way of bi-annual enterprise summits our Advisory Council enables us to debate and influence enterprise policy both within the UK and internationally.

The council positions SFEDI as a powerful enterprise influencer and includes representation from the following organisations:

British Bankers Association (BBA)
Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Convention for Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Enterprise Educators UK
Enterprise Rockers
Enterprise Village
Federation of Small Business (FSB)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE)
International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB)
LANTRA
Lloyds Banking Group
National Enterprise Network (NEN)
National Black Women’s Network (NBWN)
SFEDI Group
SFEDI Solutions
Skills CFA
The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME) CYMRU
University of Wales, Trinity St. David’s
Young Enterprise