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Peter Phillipson

Peter Phillipson, Chairman, Merlin Entertainments Feb 08 2010

PETER Phillipson has spent his career creating and revitalising world-famous brands. Now the chairman of Merlin Entertainments tells Andrew Hebden of his latest ambition – to open the eyes of the world to his home region.Read

Les Calvert

Les Calvert, Director and founder, Property Abroad Feb 02 2010

HE'S never seen the need to limit his own horizons, and for the past six years he's been widening others' with an online overseas property portal that's given him the most fun he's ever had. Jez Davison met Les Calvert.Read

Sharon Griffiths

Sharon Griffiths, Managing Director, The Specials Laboratory Feb 01 2010

AFTER leaving school at 16, Sharon Griffiths took a string of jobs before being hired as a part-time credit controller at The Specials Laboratory in Northumberland. Seven years later, she is managing director of the £16m drugs company. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Graham Wood

Graham Wood, Chairman, Gateshead FC Jan 25 2010

THIRD-GENERATION Tyneside boiler-maker Graham Wood built and sold two successful American companies. Now he is pouring his energy and money into his hometown football club, writes Peter McCusker.Read

Arnab Basu

Arnab Basu, CEO, Kromek Jan 19 2010

AN academic-turned-entrepreneur with three degrees under his belt is making a ‘triple A’ impact on Tees Valley’s high-tech industrial sector. Jez Davison meets Arnab Basu.Read

Bent Henriksen

Bent Henriksen, Managing Director, Pharma Nord UK Jan 18 2010

HE'S patrolled the Gaza strip, climbed mountains and heads the UK wing of an international pharmaceutical company based in Northumberland.Read

Bill Ward

Bill Ward, Managing Director, Mill Garages Jan 11 2010

A FAMILIAR face on TV, Bill Ward now owns the business he has worked for for the last 30 years. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Gerald Krasner

Gerald Krasner, Partner, Begbies Traynor Group Jan 04 2010

WORKING as a football chairman brings mass criticism, impossible financial targets and the fire of media snipers from every angle, so why do it? Andrew Mernin talks to Gerald Krasner, an insolvency expert who has done it twice and would do it again given half the chance.Read

Martin Soloman

Martin Soloman, Senior Partner, Hay & Kilner Dec 21 2009

MARTIN Soloman led his legal practice through a period of rapid growth and in the last two years has steered it through the recession unscathed, as well as helping to raise over £1m for charity in his spare time. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Sir Paul Nicholson

Sir Paul Nicholson, Lord Lieutenant of County Durham Dec 14 2009

HE will forever be associated with Vaux but there is much more to Sir Paul Nicholson's life than the Sunderland brewery group. Karen Dent hears about the thrills and spills in both business and pleasure that have marked his career.Read

Gary Hosmer

Gary Hosmer, founder of Shout Digital Dec 07 2009

HIS inventions have revolutionised the contrasting worlds of heavy industry and the internet while his latest venture hopes to transform the mobile phone world. Andrew Mernin talks to serial entrepreneur Gary Hosmer.Read

Tanya Garland

Tanya Garland, Managing Director, Cool Blue Dec 01 2009

TANYA Garland's a cool customer. As chief of one of Teesside's most successful PR and marketing agencies she kept her head when the business was swept up in the Northern Rock collapse.Read

Andy Hudson

Andy Hudson, COO and owner, The Broadband Computer Company Nov 30 2009

HE'S spent the past 30 years keeping the world entertained with some of the greatest performers on the planet, and befriended a few along the way. Andrew Mernin hears Andy Hudson’s remarkable tale as he prepares for his latest mission – introducing a forgotten generation to the internet.Read

Jeremy Darroch

Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive, BSkyB Nov 23 2009

THE revolution will be televised in 3D, it will deliver the arts to the people and it will be led by a Northumbrian. Andrew Mernin meets BSkyB's chief executive Jeremy Darroch to find out more.Read

Robert Senior

Robert Senior, UK CEO, SSF Group Nov 17 2009

HE'S wowed us with a drumming gorilla, tempted our passion for motors with a car made of cake, and got thousands to take part in a mass karaoke session in the capital all in the name of mobile phones.Read

Tony Cleary

Tony Cleary, Founder, Lanchester Wine Cellars Nov 16 2009

BUILDING one of the country's leading wine merchants and bottling plants has been a lifetime obsession for Tony Cleary.Read

Robert Forrester

Robert Forrester, Chief Executive, Vertu Motors Nov 09 2009

THE boss of one of the region's fastest growing PLCs is so intent on providing good customer service he still deals with all the complaints personally.Read

Christian Perdrier

Christian Perdrier, Chief Executive, Alnwick Castle and Alnwick Garden Nov 02 2009

FROM Mickey Mouse to Harry Hotspur. Karen Dent meets the former Disneyland Paris chief charged with putting Alnwick on the world tourist map.Read

Richard Harpin

Richard Harpin, Chief Executive, HomeServe Oct 26 2009

ONE of the region's most successful sons returned to his roots recently to encourage pupils at his former school to become entrepreneurs. Peter McCusker spoke to Richard Harpin, the boss of insurance and maintenance giant HomeServe, during his flying visit.Read

Lucy Winskell

Lawyer who is bringing a new dimension to the boardroom table Oct 21 2009

NEXT month The Journal names its Non-Executive Director of the Year. Andrew Hebden speaks to Lucy Winskell, who is breaking the mould when it comes to taking a place at the boardroom table.Read

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