Irene and her Lifetime Achievement Award.
Irene collecting her HonoraryDoctorate in Business Administration.
November at the North East Business Executive of the Year awards 2018. The glitzy black-tie bash took place at Newcastle’s Civic Centre to honour the region’s most inspiring business leaders. Irene received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award because of her tremendous work as Chief Executive of both South Tyneside and Sunderland City Councils in which she built strong links with the region’s business community. Irene also chairs the Group Board of Hays Travel. She said: “It was so unexpected because it was a business awards ceremony. At first I thought it was going to be John and then somebody else.
“It was an amazing night and I felt very emotional.”
The next week Irene received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Sunderland! Irene has had a wide and varied career spanning 42 years in local and national government and the private sector. She has worked within and on behalf of different councils including being Chief Executive Officer of both South Tyneside Council and Sunderland City Council. Irene has also held the post of Director General for Local Government and Regeneration with the Department of Communities and Local Government. She was awarded a CBE for services to Local Government in 2008.
Well done Irene, we’re all very proud!
Ps in case you didn’t know, John also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Sunderland, awarded in 2010, which is why he gets to don hat and gown in this pic too!
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