Mayor Ben Houchen
Tees Valley Mayor
Ben is a solicitor by profession, and was the CEO of BLK, a sports clothing company based in Stockton. He has also worked for two Teesside law firms, in commercial litigation and employment law, since graduating in law at Northumbria University.
He grew up in Ingelby Barwick and attended Conyers School, Yarm.
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Councillor Jonathan Dulston
Leader of Darlington Borough Council
Jonathan joined the combined authority in June 2022 after being elected Leader of Darlington Borough Council.
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Councillor Shane Moore
Leader of Hartlepool Borough Council
Mayor Andy Preston
Mayor of Middlesbrough
Since 2002 Andy has actively supported and promoted social inclusion via charities such as Fairbridge Teesside and The Prince’s Trust. In 2010 he founded a new charity The Middlesbrough & Teesside Philanthropic Foundation and followed up on this by establishing national charity CEO Sleepout in 2014 and a social enterprise restaurant called The Fork In The Road in 2016.
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Councillor Mary Lanigan
Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
An Independent, she has represented the Loftus ward since 2002 and has also served as Cabinet member of Highways, Transport and Planning.
Born in Liverton Mines, East Cleveland, she still lives in the area and is committed to rejuvenating the economy of the Tees Valley.
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Councillor Bob Cook
Leader of Stockton Borough Council
Councillor Cook represents the Borough on a range of bodies including the Association of North East Councils, Local Government Association General Assembly, North East Purchasing Organisation and North East Regional Employers’ Organisation. He worked in the chemical industry for 31 years before taking up his current post of Agent/Office Manager for Stockton North MP, Alex Cunningham, in 2010.
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Siobhan McArdle
Chair of Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership
Prior to that Siobhan worked as a Management Consultant working nationally and internationally on strategy development, performance improvement , turnaround and transformational change in partnership with large global corporate organisations, high growth SMEs and public sector organisations including the NHS.
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