John Willis Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Lead the development and delivery of Liverpool City Region's Life Science Innovation Zone, part of Government's Investment Zone Programme.

Liverpool

Lead on the development of public investment projects across business growth, innovation and skills programmes.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I lead on the design and development of Manchester Met's innovation programmes to support businesses to start and scale.I lead on the design and development of an enhanced and broader offer to businesses focusing on our commercial strengths in creative & digital technology, health innovation, Industry 4.0 and cities and communities.I lead on the development of the Universities' incubator strategy and the development of the University Innovation Zone, a platform for industry collaboration that enables businesses to explore the benefits of accessing specialist expertise.

Cheshire

Responsible designing and delivering growth and investment programmes to support the science, energy and technology sector to support regional growth in Cheshire.Established the Skills and Growth Company from inception leading on the commercial strategy. Produced the Skills and Growth Company business plan and managed client relationships at executive level. Developed and managed the company KPI structure and board reporting.

Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Head of Inward Investment for Make it Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire Inward Investment Service.

Manager North Staffordshire Inward Investment Service

Responsible for attracting mobile foreign direct investment to the North West region.

Responsible for publishing and developing research tools to assist with planning and regeneration programmes in Greater Merseyside.

Research Manager responsible for completing a feasibility study on information systems supporting the delivery of regeneration programmes in Merseyside.