Purpose
The purpose of each Advisory Board is to provide support and advice to the Mayor and Cabinet in steering and delivering the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority's strategies and programmes. Find out more about how our Advisory Boards work.
Areas of work
This board supports our drive to grow inward investment and build the North East’s place on the world stage to increase exports and trade, as well as giving local firms access to new finance and investment funds.
Find out more about our mission 'A welcoming home to global trade'.
Membership
| Councillor Andrew Husband (Chair) | Leader, Durham County Council |
| Susie Izumi | Office for Investment |
| Simon Crosby | Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade |
| Lee Hartley | Fairstone |
| Matt Beeton | Port of Tyne |
| Matthew Hunt | Port of Sunderland |
| Martin Lawlor | Port of Blyth |
| Geoff Westmorland | HSBC |
| Peter Snaith | Womble Bond Dickinson |
| Andrew Dowler | Blackstone/QTS |
| Ian Thomas | Experience North East England |
| Claire O'Malley | UNEE Rep & University of Sunderland |
| Matt Bratton | CBI |
| Vicky Mears | British Business Bank |
| Nicola Duffy | Thriving Together |
| Alice Andreasen | Newcastle International Airport |