Louise Potter DL

Louise Potter lives in Buxton, where she ran The Old Hall Hotel for 25 years. She completed her General Catering Diploma at High Peak College, Buxton, and worked with Grand Metropolitan Hotels in London. She was a Governor at High Peak College when it merged with the University of Derby. In 2001 she opened 6 The Square Tearooms, Buxton. 

Currently Louise is a Board member of Buxton International Festival. She chaired the Friends of Buxton Festival Trust for ten years and is now a member of the Trust. She is also Treasurer of the Children’s Kinder Choir Trust and Patron of the Buxton Music, Speech & Drama Festival.

In 2004, the University of Derby awarded her an Honorary Masters degree. Louise won Midlands Business Woman of the Year in 2002. She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire and High Sheriff of Derbyshire 2020-21.