Back home and bringing world with him

Jun 8 2009 By Karen Dent, The Journal

Lots of luck, hard work and a passion for the North East are key to the make-up of former brewery boss turned tourism champion Geoff Hodgson. Karen Dent reports.

The CV

1980 - 83 - MA in Geography, Oxford University

1983 - 87 - Procter and Gamble - marketing.

1987 - 90 - United Distillers (now Diageo)

1990 - 91 - Wessex Taverns

1991 - 94 - Coca-Cola Great Britain

1994 - 99 - Newcastle Breweries - sales and marketing director.

1999 - 2004 - Federation Brewery - chief executive.

2004 - 2006 - Northumbrian Taverns - managing director/chairman.

2006 - present - Till Services Ltd - managing director/chairman.

Non-executive experience

2009 – present - Fresh Element, a catering business that covers outside catering and also the Baltic Art Centre – Non-Executive Chairman.

2008 – present - North East England Tourism Advisory Board – Non-Executive chairman.

2007 - present - Business Link North East – Non-Executive Director

2007 – present - Newcastle Strategic Solutions – Non-Executive Director

2004 – 2007 - Universal Building Society – Non-Executive Director (merged with Newcastle Building Society 2007).

2001 – 2008 - One North East – Non-Executive Director