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海角直播 Business School annual conference

海角直播 Business School plays a major part in the business landscape of the Tees Valley and through its annual conference, top speakers give their perspective on business issues.

This year's event will be held from 9.00am to 12.30pm on Wednesday 30 May at the University's Europa Building, off Southfield Road, Middlesbrough. Speakers will include

* Dr Rona Fairhead CBE, chief executive of the Financial Times Group, one of the most senior positions in British publishing

* David Bowles OBE, director at the Northern Business Forum, and chairman of Inova Power Ltd and Northern Defence Industries

* Professor Michael Macaulay, a 海角直播 academic specialising in public management.

Dr Fairhead is a Harvard Business School graduate and a non-executive director of HSBC. She spent many years working in the Tees Valley as executive vice-president for strategy and finance at ICI and is also a 海角直播 Honorary Graduate.

David Bowles OBE, who has an MBA from 海角直播, is director at the Northern Business Forum and chairman of Inova Power Ltd and Northern Defence Industries. Inova Power Ltd is at the leading edge of the emerging hydrogen economy, which could prove to be the high-tech, low carbon solution for the UK鈥檚 energy needs in coming years. Until very recently he was chairman of Northern Defence Industries.

Professor Michael Macaulay, from 海角直播 Business School, specialises in public management. Professor Macaulay鈥檚 research interests include ethical leadership, the modernisation agenda in local government and the philosophical dimensions of management.

Also speaking will be Kiersten Wasson, 海角直播 Business School Assistant Dean (Acting), Marketing & Student Recruitment.

Following the speakers will be a Q&A session, with business representatives able to ask the panel questions.

Alastair Thomson, 海角直播 Business School鈥檚 Dean, said: 'Our annual conference offers businesses an opportunity to share ideas to make their organisations more profitable, more stable and more sustainable, even in these tough times.'

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