The voice of business in the Tees region | 29
9th (last year 9th)
11th Lee Bramley,
Endeavour
Partnership
2019 has
already seen
Lee appointed
managing partner
of corporate law
firm Endeavour
and made chair
of trustees for
Teesside Philanthropic Foundation.
17th Steve Cochrane
MBE, Psyche
A former ICI
engineer and
North Sea rigger,
over nearly four
decades Cochrane has
created a small retail
empire headquartered on
Middlesbrough’s Linthorpe Road. Psyche’s
86-strong team is on target to turnover
£10m this year.
Claire PRESTON
Lexonik, Middlesbrough
The first-ever Tees Businesswoman of the
Year, no less, Claire has been the driving
force in making Lexonik by Sound Training
a Teesside export success, with successes
in the USA and Middle East. The company
now employs around 100 teaching and
administrative staff across the country from
its base in Boho Four Middlesbrough.
12th Steve Gibson,
Bulkhaul & Middlesbrough FC
Our 2016 winner, alongside low-profile
business partner Mike O’Neill, Gibson is
the man behind Bulkhaul, Rockliffe Hall
Hotel and, of course, Middlesbrough FC.
10th (last year 10th) Frans CALJE
PD Ports, Middlesbrough
After 10 years in the region, PD Ports’
charismatic chief executive officer counts
himself as an adopted Teessider. Having
started his career in Rotterdam, the
Dutchman gained experience in Europe and
the USA before moving to Teesside. He was
instrumental in leading a hugely successful
fightback after the closure of the steelworks
saw the port lose its largest customer.
MOST
INSPIRING
BUSINESSWOMEN
1 Jane Turner MBE
2 Sharon Lane
3 Claire Preston
4 Jess Williams
5 Angela Lockwood
6 Jo Davies
7 Carla Keegans
8 Yasmin Khan
9 Jane Reynolds
10 Elaine McLaine-Wood
13th Jess Williams, Just Williams
Jess is managing director of Stockton-
based sales outsourcing firm Just
Williams, winners of the Best New
Business category in the first-ever Tees
Businesswomen Awards.
14th Angela
Lockwood,
North Star Housing
For the past 10 years,
Angela has been chief
executive of North
Star Housing Group, a
Stockton-based housing association
that owns and manages nearly 4,000
properties.
15th Jo
Davies, HR
Alchemy
Previously
HR director
at British
Steel, Jo
is now managing director of her own
Middlesbrough-based firm, HR Alchemy.
16th Carla Keegans,
Ethical Housing Company
An experienced housing
professional, Carla returned
home to Teesside to set up
Redcar-based community
interest company, the Ethical
Lettings Agency and its sister
business, the Ethical Housing Company.
18th Yasmin Khan, The Halo Project
Winner of the Inspiring Others category
in the 2018 Tees Businesswomen Awards,
Yasmin is founder and chief officer of a
Middlesbrough-based project that helps
victims of illegal abuse including forced
marriage and female genital mutilation. She
also advises the Welsh government.
19th Dean Benson, Visualsoft
Managing director of Stockton-
headquartered ecommerce software
and digital marketing leaders Visualsoft,
employing around 280 people across three
sites.
20th Jane Reynolds,
Tees Valley Business
Club
Chair of the Tees
Valley Business Club,
Jane was awarded an
MBE in June this year
for services to small
and medium-sized
enterprises and the Tees Valley economy.
21st Michael Poole,
Michael Pool Estate Agents
22nd Chris Musgrave, Wynyard Park
23rd Elaine McLaine-Wood,
Punch Robson Solicitors
24th Charles Clinkard, Charles Clinkard
25th Kevin Brennan, Quorn
26th Ken Devereux, Devereux Transport
& Distribution
27th Zoe Lewis, Middlesbrough College
28th James Barker, Barker & Stonehouse
29th Chris Petty, Cornerstone Business
Solutions
30th Katy Parkinson, Lexonik