Gregory Dyke is a British media executive,football administrator,journalist,and broadcaster. Since the 1960s,Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting,and reviving the ratings of TV-am. In the 1990s,he held chief executive positions at LWT Group,Pearson Television,and Channel 5.
Urbis is a building in Manchester,England,designed by Ian Simpson,which opened in 2002 as part of the redevelopment of Exchange Square. Originally a Museum of the City,a switch was made in 2005-06 to presenting exhibitions on popular culture alongside talks,gigs and special events. Urbis closed in 2010,reopening in 2012 as the National Football Museum.
Sir Terence Patrick "Terry" Leahy is a British businessman,previously the CEO of Tesco,the largest British retailer and the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues. He is now a senior advisor at private equity company Clayton Dubilier &Rice.
Manchester City Council is the local authority for Manchester,a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester,England. Manchester is the sixth largest city in England by population. Its city council is composed of 96 councillors,three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. The council is controlled by the Labour Party and led by Bev Craig. The official opposition is the Green Party with four councillors. Joanne Roney is the chief executive. Many of the council's staff are based at Manchester Town Hall.
David Alan Bernstein CBE is a British business executive who is the chairman of the British Red Cross,member of the advisory board at Cogress Ltd and was the former chairman of French Connection.
Sir Michael Thomas Lyons is the non-executive chairman of the English Cities Fund and Participle Ltd,and a former Chairman of the BBC Trust.
David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe,Baron Rowe-Beddoe,is a Welsh businessman,a life peer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Lord Rowe-Beddoe is a former chairman of the Welsh Development Agency,and was chairman of Cardiff Airport until November 2016.
Sir Howard John Davies is a British historian and author,who is the chairman of NatWest Group and the former director of the London School of Economics.
Robert Walter Kerslake,Baron Kerslake,was a British senior civil servant. He was the head of the Home Civil Service from 2011 to 2014,succeeding Sir Gus O'Donnell.
Sir Cary Lynn Cooper,is an American-born British psychologist and 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School,University of Manchester.
Daniel William Finkelstein,Baron Finkelstein,is a British journalist and politician. He is a former executive editor of The Times and remains a weekly political columnist. He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by David Frum in 2014. He is chair of the think tank Onward. He was made a member of the House of Lords in August 2013,sitting as a Conservative.
The Jewish Leadership Council is an organisation in the United Kingdom,founded in 2003,whose declared aim is to forward the interests of the organised Jewish community in Britain. The council was founded by its first chairman,then president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews,Henry Grunwald,and a number of other senior UK Jewish leaders. The council acts as an umbrella group for various Jewish community organizations,charities,Zionist and pro-Israel advocacy groups.
Paul James Scriven,Baron Scriven is a Liberal Democrat politician and former Leader of Sheffield City Council (2008–11),who was once described as Nick Clegg's "closest ally in local government".
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a combined authority for Greater Manchester,England. It was established on 1 April 2011 and consists of 11 members;10 indirectly elected members,each a directly elected councillor from one of the ten metropolitan boroughs that comprise Greater Manchester,together with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. The authority derives most of its powers from the Local Government Act 2000 and Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009,and replaced a range of single-purpose joint boards and quangos to provide a formal administrative authority for Greater Manchester for the first time since the abolition of Greater Manchester County Council in 1986.
Sir John Leopold Egan is a British industrialist,associated with businesses in the automotive,airports,construction and water industries. He was chief executive and chairman of Jaguar Cars from 1980 to 1990 and chairman of Jaguar plc from 1985 to 1990,and then served as chief executive of BAA from 1990 to 1999. He is also notable for chairing the construction industry task force that produced the 1998 Egan Report and the follow-up report,Accelerating Change,in 2002. During 2004,undertook the Egan Review of Skills for Sustainable Communities for the Blair Government. In 2004,after completing two years as president of the Confederation of British Industry,he was appointed chairman of Severn Trent.
Sir Michael Lawrence Davis is a British politician and former South African businessman,former chief executive and treasurer of the Conservative Party and the chief executive (CEO) of Xstrata plc,an Anglo-Swiss multinational mining company,until its merger with Glencore in 2013. After leaving Xstrata,he formed the mining venture X2 Resources and,after making substantial donations,became the CEO and treasurer of the British Conservative Party –a post he held until July 2019.
Jürgen Wolfgang Maier or Juergen Wolfgang Maier is a British-Austrian businessman,and the former Chief Executive of Siemens UK. He is an industrialist and business adviser.
Joanne Roney is the current Chief executive for Manchester City Council.
Professor Sir Michael Oliver McBride is a consultant physician who has served as the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland since September 2006.
Denise Barrett-Baxendale is the former director and chief executive officer of Everton Football Club.
