Karen Humble

Karen Humble

Joint-Chairman with Peter Sutcliffe


Karen is an experienced and qualified marketing and public relations professional based in the North East of England. Her consultancy company, formed in 1996, provides a broad range of strategic marketing and public relations support and services. She works at both a regional and national level, her experience spans both the public and private sectors and ranges from multi-nationals such as British Energy and Merrill Lynch to regional SMEs and Local Authorities to charities and not-for profit organisations. Her early career was spent in the precision engineering sector prior to a number of years in both management and consultancy roles with Deloitte and Coopers & Lybrand.

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About Karen's group

The North East CEO Group ACE23 covers Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and the Tees Valley. 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. Group 23 is chaired by Karen Humble who jointly-owns the license for the North East with Peter Sutcliffe.


Current Members' snapshot

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, family concerns and range in size from 50 to 350+ employees and annual turnover up to GBP 36m

Karen's comment on the Academy


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Find out more

Contact Karen: email: karen.humble@chiefexecutive.com telephone: 01207 529111