APPOINTMENTS
A round-up of the latest appointments on the Tees business scene...
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Tom Bryant, Tees Valley Combined Authority An experienced leader with a career of more than 20 years in local government has been appointed as the chief executive of the Tees Valley Combined Authority.
Tom Bryant, 44, had been interim chief executive since March and his permanent appointment was approved by the combined authority’ s cabinet members.
His appointment comes as part of a revised senior management structure for TVCA Group, which has seen the removal of the group chief executive role and creation of separate leadership for TVCA and the South Tees Development Corporation( STDC).
He will continue to receive an annual salary of £ 160,000, as he did in his interim role.
Mr Bryant’ s appointment comes after a multi-stage external recruitment process involving stakeholders and a national recruitment search overseen by recruitment agency Penna.
Mr Bryant was previously TVCA director of infrastructure, having joined in 2019 as head of transport.
TVCA’ s former head of marketing and communications Craig Peacock was also appointed to the new role of director of inward investment and marketing. His appointment was subject to a similar external multi-stage recruitment process involving key stakeholders.
Mark Robinson, Tony Parkinson and David Smith, Tees development corporations Three experienced leaders have been selected to drive forward key regeneration efforts across Tees Valley.
Mark Robinson( pictured, left) has been selected as chair of Hartlepool Development Corporation, Tony Parkinson( centre), former Middlesbrough Council chief executive, takes up the role for Middlesbrough Development Corporation, and former chief executive of the Energy Networks Association, David Smith, has been appointed chair of South Tees Development Corporation.
They will act as strategic leaders and ambassadors for the mayoral development corporations, helping to forge strong partnerships across the public and private sectors and guide the delivery of key regeneration priorities.
Development corporation chairs will serve a four-year term, with a salary of £ 15,120 per year.
Julie Burniston, Southern Asset Management After two successful years as head of corporate development at Teesside Hospice, Julie Burniston has joined awardwinning Southern Asset Management as head of business development and communications.
Julie takes decades of experience as a journalist to her role, along with a natural flair for networking and an enviable little black book of contacts.
“ Joining SAM is a new challenge for me and one I’ m really looking forward to,” said Julie.“ I met Steve Southern at the start of his business journey three years ago and have followed the company’ s upward trajectory with pride. As a business leader whose mantra is“ people before profit”, Steve’ s values and work ethic really resonate with me and I’ m thrilled to be given the opportunity to help raise the profile of this brilliant company even further.”
CEO Steve Southern said:“ The entire team is over the moon about having Julie on board and we couldn’ t be happier to have her as an official part of SAM.”
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