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Directors Forum 11 Chairman is Peter Sutcliffe
Peter has worked for blue chip organisations for over 25 years and is now passionately focused on supporting SME's to become even more prosperous. He jointly owns the license for the North East with Karen Humble who chairs Academy Group 23....more
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The North East Directors Forum Group 11 covers Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and the Tees Valley. DF11 is chaired by Peter Sutcliffe who jointly-owns the license for the North East with Karen Humble, who chairs Academy Group 23. Our members' businesses are very cross-sector, ranging from High Tech to Construction and from Manufacturing to Financial Services. We welcome the enrichment that leaders from other sectors can bring.

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Current members business interests include medical manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, housing, asset management, the legal profession, leisure management and engineering systems management and control. Structures include not-for-profit, private limited companies, partnerships and family concerns.
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