Main Board
The North East LEP Board includes eighteen senior leaders from the private, public, education and voluntary and community sectors and is chaired by Lucy Winskell, OBE, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Employability & Partnerships) at Northumbria University. The Board includes three representatives from the North of Tyne Combined Authority and three representatives from the North East Combined Authority.
A register of the Board Members’ Expenses can be found here.
Lucy Winskell OBE
Chair of the Board
Heidi Mottram OBE
Vice Chair of the Board
Elected Mayor Dame Norma Redfearn
Vice Chair of the Board, Elected Mayor of North Tyneside Council
Emily Cox MBE
Main Board Member and Investment Board Member.
Colin Hewitt
Main Board Member and Investment Board Member.
Ammar Mirza CBE
Private sector Board member, Chair of Business Growth Board
Phil Redman
Board member
Ellen Thinnesen OBE
Board member and SAP Board Chair