About us

Newcastle City Centre Partnership
Independent and autonomous, the City Centre Partnership is taking a leading role in regenerating Newcastle City Centre and ensuring we maintain its place as the economic driver of the region. Working hard to ensure the necessary resources are channelled into the area, helping shape the future of the City Centre and delivering practical, on the ground, developments, the City Centre Partnership is uniquely well-placed to draw on the experience of key players in the City and Region.

Our Director, Sean Bullick, leads a team including: David Usher, City Centre Manager, Stephen Patterson, Commercial Manager, and Lynn McNeany who provides organisational and administrative support.

Our Board is made up of representatives from the public and private sector and currently includes:

• David Faulkner (Chairman and Deputy Leader of Newcastle City Council)
• Gavin Black, Gavin Black & Partners (Vice-Chairman of the CCP and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Northumbria University)
• David Quinn (Managing Director of Fenwick)
• Bob Senior (Managing Director Utopian Leisure)
• Tim Lamb (General Manager Eldon Square Shopping Centre)
• John Hayes (General Manager John Lewis)
• Professor John Goddard (Deputy Vice-Chancellor Newcastle University)
• John Shipley (Leader of Newcastle City Council)
• Ian Stratford (Chief Executive of Newcastle City Council)
• Geoff O'Brien (Opposition Elected Member Newcastle City Council)
• Jim Beirne (Executive Director Live Theatre)
• John Conroy (Managing Director Stagecoach North East)
• Barry Speker (Senior Partner Samuel Phillips Law Firm)
• Cyril Winskell (Architect)
• Reverend Glyn Evans (City Centre Chaplain)
• Neil Barker (Director Mackellar Architecture Limited)
• Paul Woolston (Senior Partner PWC Newcastle Office)

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