• Chair – Matt Boyle OBE, NEAA Chairman, North East Automotive Alliance
  • Project Lead – Paul Butler, CEO, North East Automotive Alliance
  • Michael Jude, HR Director, Nissan
  • Andy Ratcliffe, CEO, Esh Group
  • Russell Watkins, Commercial Director, Academic Health Science Network
  • Jill McKinney, Head of Skills Sunderland Software City, Director Dynamo North East
  • Martin Kendall, Managing Director, Vantec
  • Ellen Thinnesen OBE,  Chief Executive, Education Partnership North East
  • Margherita Pasquariello, Chief Strategy & Executive Officer, NA College
  • Andrew Broadbent, Principal & Chief Executive, New College Durham 
  • Andrew Marran – Director of Strategic Business Development, Research & Innovation Services, Durham University
  • John Scott, Head of Economic Growth, South Tyneside Council