Board of governors
Sandy Anderson OBE, Chairman
Formerly Senior Vice-President, Technology, ICI; Deputy Lieutenant of County Durham; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Chemical Engineers; Director of the Centre for Process Innovation; Chairman, DigitalCity; Governor, Durham School; Chairman, Ensus UK
Paul Booth
President, SABIC-UK Petrochemicals; former Vice President of Huntsman Petrochemicals UK; ICI Teesside Sites Engineering Manager; Deputy chairman of NASPI (National skills academy for the process sector); Director of TTE (Apprentice and adult training college); Deputy chairman of NEPIC (north eastern process cluster); Board member of the CIA (chemical industry association); former chairman of Redcar and Cleveland college.
Tom Cawkwell
President of Teesside University Students' Union.
Bob Cuffe
Managing Director, Gazette Media Company.
Neil Etherington
Group Development Director, Able UK Ltd; Chairman Tees Valley Living; Trustee Tees Valley Community Foundation.
Chris Fleetwood
Chairman, Darlington Building Society; Chairman, Onyx Group; Chairman, Adit North Llc; Chairman, Digital City Business; Chairman, The North East Regional Portal Limited; Non Executive Director, Northern 3 Venture Capital Trust Plc; Managing Partner, io solutions; Formerly Chief Executive, Whessoe Plc.
Ernie Haidon
Formerly HM Inspector; Formerly Staff Inspector for Computing and Mathematics.
Tricia Hart
Director of Nursing and Patient Safety, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.
David Heaton OBE
Former Principal Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington; Board Member, Darlington LSP; Chair, Darlington 14-19 Partnership; Chair, The Work Place (Aycliffe) Ltd; Chair, Age Concern, Darlington; Board Member, Humantics Community Interest Group.
Professor Graham Henderson
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Teesside University; Captain Cook Birthplace Trust; Board Member, Tees Valley Learning & Skills Council; Executive Member, Million+; Council Member, North East CBI; Regional Executive Member of the North East Chamber of Commerce; Chair, North East Higher Skills Network; Member HEFCE TRAC Implementation and Development Group; Member HEFCE Strategic Advisory Committee on Leadership and Governance; Member Universities UK Student Experience Strategy Group and Employability, Business and Industry Group, Leadership Board Tees Valley Unlimited.
John Hogg
Principal, Middlesbrough College.
John Irwin
Director of Storeys: SSP; Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Vice Chair of North East Chamber Of Commerce, Trade and Industry Ltd; Trustee of Tees Valley Community Foundation; Formerly President of the North East Chamber of Commerce and Chair of Tees Valley Tomorrow.
Alastair MacColl
Chief Executive Business & Enterprise North East; Chair of Teesside University Business School Advisory Council; Leadership Board of Tees Valley Unlimited; formerly Managing Director, Gazette Media Company.
Dr Terry Murphy
Senior Lecturer, School of Health & Social Care, Teesside University; Branch Chair and Regional Secretary (HE), University and College Union.
Sean Price
Chief Constable, Cleveland Police.
Keith Robinson
Partner, Vantis plc; Trustee, Tees Valley Community Foundation.
Professor Gerda Roper
Dean, School of Arts & Media, Teesside University
Peter Rowley
Trustee and director, Coalfields Regeneration Trust; Trustee and director, Darlington Citizens Advice Bureau; Director, Defence Vetting Agency; Director, Football Licensing Authority; Regional Community Sport Champion, Sport England; Trustee and director, Tees Valley Community Foundation; formerly Director & Chief Executive, Darlington Building Society.
Beverly Simpson
Assistant Director (Staff Development), Teesside University; Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees, Age Concern; Governor, Green Lane Primary School.
Amanda Skelton
Chief Executive, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Alison Thain OBE
Chief Executive of Fabrick Housing Group; Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Housing; Member of the Tees Valley Partnership; Member of One North East Board, Regeneration Committee and Ignite Board.
