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Formula One boss to speak at North East entrepreneur's meet

A Formula One team boss from the Corbridge is set to speak at the Entrepreneur’s Forum’s annual dinner in Newcastle next week.

Graeme Lowdon, CEO of the Marussia F1 team and co-founder of Newcastle-based Nomad Digital, will give an exclusive look into the world of Formular One at the Forum’s Chairman’s Dinner at Jesmond Dene House Hotel.

Lowdon has worked all over the world in power industry, digital communications and motorspot.

The appearance is just one of this year’s Entrepreneur’s Forum events which include conferences, dinners and open days open to non-members.

Other events will feature speakers such as charity boss Stephen Bell of Changing Lives (formerly The Cyrenians); Stephen Waddington, incoming president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and global marketers Ketchum; sustainability entrepreneur Mark Shorrock; Rivers Capital investment expert Jonathan Gold; and North East firms Trend Bible and Explain Market Research.

Restaurateur Terry Laybourne will host a focus dinner at his own Café 21 in Newcastle, in March, followed in May by Meenu Malhotra, of the Malhotra Group and runner up for the title of North East Entrepreneur of the Year 2013.

The spring rounds off with the Forum’s annual Together We Can Take on the World conference with a host of high profile speakers on May 11, due to be held for the first time this year at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.

Executive director of the Forum Nicola Short said: “Our members are starting 2014 full of hope and ambition for the year ahead. We are delighted to be feeding their optimism with events that will support them in both their personal development and provide inspiration and ideas to help them take their businesses forward.

“North East entrepreneurs are seeing some real signs of growth, in jobs, turnover and exports, all of which are contributing to forward movement in the regional economy.The private sector will drive the economy and entrepreneurial businesses will be at the forefront; it’s the Forum’s job to support them in every way we can.”

The Forum’s annual Chairman’s Dinner, with Graeme Lowdon, takes place on Thursday January 23rd at Jesmond Dene House Hotel.

For more information on Forum events, visit www.entrepreneursforum.net

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .