Board of governors
Dr Jane Atkinson
Operations Director, Cape plc. Former Senior Vice-President Sembcorp Utilities UK, former winner of the CBI First Woman Award in Manufacturing, Chair of the Teesside University Science and Technology Advisory Board and member of the Advisory Board of the National Science Museum. UK Board member of the IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) and lead of diversity within the IChemE. Winner of the Stephenson Award for inspiring young people in engineering. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Dean Benson
CEO, Visualsoft
Paul Booth OBE, Deputy Chairman
Chair of Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership; former resident, 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.
Ada Burns
Ada was Chief Executive of Darlington Borough Council until 2018 and prior to moving to the north east in 2005, occupied senior positions in London Councils. She has played leadership roles in the Tees Valley and in the North East, and has experience in governance of FE and Sixth form institutions. Ada is currently an Associate with the Local Government Association, and Vice Chair of public policy think tank, The New Local Government Network.
Dann Cooley
Senior Technician: School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law.
James Cross
Chief Executive of Newcastle Parks Trust, a pioneering new charity operating in partnership with the people of Newcastle - making sure wonderful green spaces, right in the heart of the community, flourish and grow. Formerly Chief Executive of Natural England, the Government's environmental advisor and regulator, and previously Chief Executive of the Marine Management Organisation, the Government’s regulator and manager of England’s seas; former member of Defra’s Executive Committee, with responsibility for strategic leadership and governance of The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Also managing partner of a leadership and environmental consultancy, founder and chair of Teddy’s Towers, a small local charity, a Chartered Director and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
Professor Paul Croney
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Teesside University.
Chris Fleetwood
former Chairman, Darlington Building Society; Chairman, Digital City Business; Non Executive Director, Northern 3 Venture Capital Trust Plc; Non Executive Director NCFE Limited; Managing Partner, io solutions; Formerly Chief Executive, Whessoe Plc.
Marion Grieves
Dean, School of Health & Social Care.
John Hogg
John Hogg – Consultant: Hogg Education; Former Principal: City College Coventry; City of Wolverhampton College; Middlesbrough College.
Nick Johnson
Commercial Director, CPI
Professor Philip Jones
Former Vice-Chancellor: Sheffield Hallam University
Sue Kiddle
Consultant and Director of Advantage Business Coaching Ltd. Performance coach, mentor and senior business leader in the service sector. Former Area Corporate Director at Barclays in the North East.
Siobhan McArdle
Chief Executive: South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust
Alastair MacColl, Chairman and Pro-Chancellor
Chairman of BE Group. Formerly: Member of Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership and Managing Director, Gazette Media Company
Helen Page
Senior Lecturer in biology and forensic biology within the School of Science, Engineering & Design. Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Andrew Richardson
President Activities: Teesside University Students' Union
Dermot Russell
Group Chief Financial Officer, PD Ports. Formerly: Northumbrian Water Group; Grainger Trust plc; Deloitte Haskins & Sells (later Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte)
Steve Tonks
Former Group Executive and Board Director Hertel BV, Managing Director of Hertel UK and Board Director The Banks Group. Governor of Galley Hill primary trust.
Claire Vaughan
Vice-President, Commercial Legal, Legal Services, formerly Sage
Ian Wardle
Chief Executive, Thirteen Group. Formerly: Managing Director, Reading Borough Council; Director of Regeneration Services, Redcar & Cleveland Council
Godfrey Worsdale OBE
Director, Henry Moore Foundation. Formerly: Director, Baltic, Newcastle; Founding Director, MIMA, Middlesbrough; Director, Southampton City Art Gallery; Director, Cultural Instructions, London
