pro manchester Chief Ashcroft to join Business Leadership Council

July 7, 2011 - PRLog -- It was announced this week that Dr John Ashcroft is to join the Business Leadership Council. Dr. Ashcroft is Chief Executive of membership organisation pro∙manchester which represents the financial and professional sector within the city.

The Business Leadership Council was established in September 2008. The role of the Council is to advise AGMA and the GMCA on its ongoing policies and priorities; to conduct its own reviews on the areas it believes will determine the future well-being of the Manchester City Region and make recommendations directly to the Executive Board on issues of particular importance.

The agenda of the Council is to focus on securing economic growth in key sectors, influence investment, infrastructure and transport, promote environmental responsibility and resource efficiency and skills and training for work.

John Early Chairman of the BLC said

“ I’m delighted that John is joining the BLC and look forward to his contribution to our future programme, which  involves working in a number of key policy areas relating to the economic performance of Greater Manchester.”

Dr Ashcroft is also a director of Marketing Manchester, on the Council of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and a visiting professor at MMU Business School.

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pro•manchester is a corporate membership organisation representing the 240,000 employed in the financial and professional service community in and around Greater Manchester.

In promoting our community’s skills and expertise locally, nationally and globally, pro•manchester aims to support financial and professional sector growth, generating an additional £3.5bn in GVA terms and 70,000 net new jobs over the next ten years. 24 years’ experience of supporting the sector’s growth has secured pro•manchester a strong national reputation.

Fundamental to pro•manchester’s role in supporting the sector and more than 300 corporate members, is its facilitation of a dynamic, relationship building network focused around our community’s interest in generating business opportunities from regional, national and international markets.