Members
Richard Maudslay CBE (Chair)
- Chairman of the MoD’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
- Non-executive director of various businesses in the North of England including the N G Bailey Group and Hardy & Greys Ltd.
Professor Chris Brink
Vice Chancellor, Newcastle University
Professor Kel Fidler
Vice Chancellor, Northumbria University
- Chair of the Engineering Council, EC (UK),
- Member of the Engineering Technology Board
Professor Chris Higgins
Vice Chancellor and Warden, Durham University
- Scientific advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research Chair of SEAC (Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee)
- Member of the Human Genetics Commission
Professor Graham Jones
Chair of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and the Vice-Provost at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Professor Tom Kirkwood
Director, Institute for Ageing and Health
- Author of ‘Time of Our Lives: The Science of Human Ageing and of Chance, Development and Ageing’
Dr David Evans
Director for Technology and Innovation, Science and Innovation Group, Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
Charles Bragg
Research Director, Procter & Gamble UK
Deputy Chairman of the joint Centre of Excellence for Process and Innovation (CPI) and Centre of Excellence for Nanotechnology, Microsystems, and Photonics (CENAMPS) Board
Bob Coxon OBE
- Chairman of CPI, NEPIC and NetPark
- Deputy Chairman of Durham University
- Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms
- A member of the Board of Directors of several international businesses in the chemical and process industries
Also Chair of Process Technologies Leadership Council
Fiona Cruickshank (MRPharmS)
Managing Director, The Specials Laboratory - one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of unlicensed medicines for the retail pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
Guy Nicholson
Chief Executive, Econnect Group Ltd - a market leader in the grid integration of renewable energy, with offices based around the world.
Dr Alan Rutherford OBE
- Chair of NaREC
- Honorary Professor Herriot Watt University
- Visiting Professor Newcastle University
Also Chair of Energy Leadership Council
Ian Shott
CEO and Executive Chairman of Excelsyn - an integrated group of consulting, design/build and molecular development businesses focused specialising on the global pharmaceutical industry.
- Chair of the Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences (CELS)
- Visiting Professor at Newcastle University
Also Chair of Healthcare and Health Sciences Leadership Council.
Ruth Thompson OBE
- One NorthEast Board Member
- Non-Executive Director with Northern Ireland Water Limited and the North East Strategic Health Authority
- Member on the board of Northumbria University
Paul Walker
Chief Executive of The Sage Group plc - a worldwide leader in business solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises
- Chair of Newcastle Science City Partnership
- Non-executive director of Diageo plc
Councillor John Shipley OBE
Leader of Newcastle City Council
- One NorthEast Board Member
Alan Clarke
Chief Executive, One NorthEast
Jonathan Blackie (Observer)
Regional Director, Government Office for the North East
Chairs the Interim Regional Transport Board, Regional Resilience Forum and the North East Programme Management Committee for European Structural Funds.
One NorthEast Agency Officers
Pat Ritchie
Assistant Chief Executive (Strategy)
Chris Pywell
Head of Strategic Economic Change