The North East England Chamber of Commerce has appointed Rhiannon Bearne has been appointed as its new policy and representation director.
Ms Bearne, who currently works as an inclusive economy adviser for the North of Tyne Combined Authority, will lead the Chamber’s policy, campaign and representation activity at a local and national level, replacing Jonathan Walker, who left the organisation last month. She was previously head of policy at national social care charity Changing Lives.
The Chamber said that a key part of her role will be to work businesses in the region to help to create a more inclusive economy, a key priority set out by new Chamber chief executive John McCabe last year.
