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North of England Excellence chief executive to step down

David Teale, the chief executive of North of England Excellence (NoEE) is standing down after eight years in the post.

NoEE, which is based in Warrington, helps businesses and organisations across the North West, Yorkshire and the North East to improve their competitiveness, performance and productivity by inspiring, supporting and recognising excellence

The organisation has members across the North West, including First TransPennine Express, Merseyrail, URENCO, Amec, Manchester City Council and plastic bottle manufacturer ALPLA.

David said: “I’ve enjoyed every minute of my involvement with North of England Excellence and it has been an enormous privilege to work with outstanding businesses across the entire region.

“However, I have performed this role on a part-time basis and also hold some non-executive director positions, and the organisation has grown to such an extent that it needs someone able to commit more days to handle the increasing workload.”

David began his career as a graduate trainee at the Post Office. He later spent nearly 30 years with Manchester Airports Group, holding various director posts. He was also chairman of Humberside Airport.

In addition, he led the teams which secured planning permission for, and built, Manchester Airport’s second runway.

Chairman of NoEE, Paul Evans, said: “David has been an outstanding CEO during a challenging period. It is to his great credit that NoEE continued to develop through the global financial crisis and is in good shape for the future.

“We are seeking to replace him with an outstanding leader capable of heading up the next stage of our development and promoting the organisation at board level throughout the north.

“The new CEO will have a track record of success at board level, an appreciation of business improvement, will be a skilled networker and have excellent commercial and business development skills.”

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