Mark Barrow
Strategic Director of Development, Birmingham City Council
Mark was appointed as the Strategic Director of Development at Birmingham City Council in September 2010. Prior to that Mark was Chief Executive of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. He has previously worked for a variety of district, county, unitary and metropolitan authorities across the country; including Birmingham in the early 1990’s.
Mark is responsible for providing strategic leadership, vision and direction for development related activity, including delivering the Birmingham Enterprise Zone, economic development, inward investment, transportation infrastructure, physical and social regeneration, sustainability and the green economy . Mark’s ambition is to deliver transformational change to further develop Birmingham as a smart sustainable and diverse global city.
As Company Secretary for the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Economic Partnership, Mark provides strategic advice and support to the Board, to support the objective to create a world class workforce, with 100,000 new jobs and growth in the GVA of £8b by 2020.
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