Sean Brian Anstee is formerly an English Conservative Party politician and businessman. He has been the Director of Operations for the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority since February 2025. He is Deputy Chair of Manchester Metropolitan University and was formerly the Leader of the Council on Trafford council and between 2008 and 2021 was a Councillor for the Bowdon ward. He is a former Chairman of Trafford Housing Trust and Non-Executive Director of London & Quadrant. He was appointed a CBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list for services to local government.