Judges

Alison Gittins, CEO – Durham Business Group
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Andrea Kew, Global Director Partner Strategy – Sage plc
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Andrew Jackson, Marketing Director – Fentimans
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Ben Debnam, Director – Sales & Marketing Recruitment Team at Nigel Wright Recruitment
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Caroline O’Doherty, Head of Marketing & Development – Northumberland National Park Authority
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Chris Kent, Managing Consultant, Senior and Director Level Commercial Appointments – Nigel Wright Recruitment
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Claire Fenwick, Marketing and Business Development Manager- Mincoffs Solicitors LLP – bio to follow
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Craig Robert Daly, Director – Northern Print Solutions – bio to follow
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Dan Appleby, Managing Director – Drummond Central
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Darren Warneford, Group Business Development Director – Esh Group
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Dawn Howe, Head of Marketing, Tombola
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Deb Ions, Marketing Consultant
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Fiona Urquhart, Chartered Marketer – ADD Strategy Ltd & Durham University
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Geoff Phillips, Founder – Canvas Marketing
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Herb Kim, Thinking Digital
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James Sykes, Head of Marketing – Ward Hadaway
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Jemma Devine-Wilkinson, Principal Consultant, Marketing – Nigel Wright Recruitment
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Jill Laverick, Assistant Director of Corporate Affairs, Sunderland City Council
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Dr Joanna Berry, Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship) at Durham University Business School
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Kate Hall, Marketing & Communications Manager – Newcastle International Airport
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Kelly Gleadow, Head of Communications – NGI
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Kerry Leng, Head of Marketing, Communications & Information – Nexus
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Kirsten Donkin, Head of PR, Marketing, Communications & Information – PD Ports
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Laura Gabriele, Marketing & Communications Officer, Shared Interest Society
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Leigh Peacock-Goodwin, Head of Marketing & PR, Atom Bank – bio to follow


Nicola Hughes, Group Marketing & Communications Manager- Bellway Homes
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Nicola Irving, Head of Strategic Marketing and Communications at Pearson Engineering
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Paul Wilkinson, Managing Director/President (North America) – J Barbour & Sons Ltd – bio to follow

Rob McInally, Director of Marketing & Communications, The North of England P&I Association Ltd
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Robert Jefferson, Head of Marketing – Virgin Money
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Sarah O’Mahoney, Director – Bradley O’Mahoney
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Sophie Palleschi, Archers Law
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Stephen Patterson, Chief Executive, NE1
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Steve Underwood, Bonded Agency – bio to follow
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Susan Beck, Director of Development & Communications, Royal Grammar School, Newcastle – Bio to follow

Tom Nightingale, North East Stakeholder Manager, Renewables – Equinor UK Ltd
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