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Alan Clarke
CEO, One NorthEast
Alan Clarke is Chief Executive of One NorthEast, the regional development agency for North East England.
He heads a team of more than 400 employees and is the agency’s accounting officer, overseeing an annual budget of £280m.
One NorthEast leads sustainable economic growth across the North East, from the Scottish borders in the north of the region to Tees Valley in the south – an area home to more than two million people.
It has produced on behalf of the NorthEast a ten-year strategy mapping out with partners how the region will accelerate economic development and regeneration.
The Regional Economic Strategy details the main areas of activity the region will undertake over the next decade to help get 70,000 more people into work, create more than 20,000 new businesses, raising regional GVA to 90% of the national average.One NorthEast in partnership with the public, private and voluntary sectors, will build on existing regional strengths and drive forward the development of a new, knowledge-based economy.
Alan has overseen a number of key regional development projects during four years leading One NorthEast.
These projects include the exciting Newcastle Science City project, a new streamlined, regional Business Link North East business support service, a new regional tourism offer driving economic growth through increased visitor numbers to the region and the internationally-acclaimed ‘Passionate people. Passionate places.’ marketing campaign, promoting the North East as a leading place to in which to live, work, invest and study.
Under Alan’s leadership, One NorthEast was recently ranked the joint top performing regional development agency in England in an independent performance assessment, scoring 22 points out of a possible 24.
Alan has more than 30 years experience in economic regeneration.
He began his career in the public sector at South Ribble Borough Council in Preston in 1974, and was previously chief executive of Northumberland County Council before joining One NorthEast in 2004.