Honour - Jane Reynolds with Savannah Marshall .
24th ( 24th ) Jane Reynolds MBE Tees Valley Business Club Business development manager for Northstar Ventures for the past seven years , Jane is perhaps best known for her role as chair of Tees Valley Business Club .
Jane , who has also worked in the Netherlands and the USA , was awarded an MBE in 2019 for services to SMEs and the Tees Valley economy .
22nd ( new entry )
Kimberley Turner
Double Eleven , Middlesbrough Kimberley ’ s first listing in our top 30 caps a special 12 months in which she has carried the prestigious title of Tees Businesswoman of the Year .
Commercial and finance director for games developer Double Eleven , she ’ s helped older brother Lee – the firm ’ s founder – put Middlesbrough on the global map for computer games , managing a £ 50m turnover within a team that ’ s grown from 60 to 360 in the past five years .
23rd ( 16th ) Jane Armitage Power of Women & Jacksons Law Firm , Stockton Enjoying a fourth successive year in our top 30 , highly respected Jane was crowned the third Tees Businesswoman of the Year in 2020 and was the natural choice to chair the Power of Women campaign after the passing of its founder , 2021 poll-topper Professor Jane Turner MBE .
Born in Kent but long settled on Teesside , Jane was until two years ago managing partner of leading North-East law firm Jacksons , a company she joined on a part-time , and supposedly temporary , contract in 2004 . She continues with Jacksons as a consultant within its commercial property team .
25th ( re-entry ) Lee Bramley Endeavour Partnership & The Teesside Charity Managing partner of commercial law firm Endeavour Partnership since 2019 , Middlesbrough-born Lee succeeded Andy Preston as chair of the Teesside Charity ’ s trustees in the same year .
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