Able move by former boss of racecourse
NEIL Etherington, former chief executive of Redcar Racecourse, has taken up a senior appointment with the Able Group, best known for being the firm behind the scrapping of Teesside’s ghost ships.
Mr Etherington, from Stockton, is to become Able’s group development director - in a move which bosses say will “greatly strengthen” their management team and “maximise new opportunities”.
Mr Etherington said: “I am delighted to be given the chance of playing a role with a company which has a strong track record as a market leader in a number of different fields, including site reclamation and redevelopment, the dismantling and demolition industries and, of course its marine recycling and reclamation facilities and with its ambition to expand its activities and exploit opportunities in the rapidly developing port and environmental sectors.”
The 50-year-old was deputy regional director of the CBI in the North-east for four years before joining the Teesside Tomorrow organisation as its chief executive in 1993. Three years later he became chief executive of the newly-created Tees Valley Development Company and went on to become strategic investment and marketing director at Tees Valley Regeneration. Then in 2005, he took over the reins at Redcar Racecourse where his tenure came to an end just last week.
Able chief executive Peter Stephenson said: “We are delighted that someone with Neil’s wide experience and involvement in the regeneration field is joining the company at such an important stage in our development.”
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