About Us

About IED

IED, like most professional institutions, is a non-profit making company. It is run by a Council consisting of directly elected Directors and representatives of local branches.

IED's task is to represent the interests of economic development practitioners throughout the United Kingdom and ensure that their views are widely expressed. It also sets standards of professional conduct and seeks to enhance the status and competence of practitioners through education and training and by the dissemination of information and technical knowledge. All members are required to follow a programme of continuing professional development to ensure that their skills are regularly up-dated.

IED Council 2009-2010

Chair
Neil Robertson, Cornwall Development Company
Vice-Chair
Keith Burge, ERS Ltd
Company Secretary

John Wicks,  Consultant
Hon Secretary
Mike Jessop, Consultant
Directors
Alan Bruce, SQW Ltd
Sheila Davies, Newport City Council
Harry Govan, Vision for Kirkholt
Dawn Hudd, Canterbury City Council

Mike Jessop, Consultant

Michael Johnson, One North East
Jim McLeish, Fife Council

Derek Walker, Derek Walker Consultancy

John Wicks, Consultant

Branch Contacts
South West
Jenny Pitcher, Gloucestershire First
London
Graham Hammond,

Midlands
Mike Byrne, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
North East
Keith Burge, ERS Ltd
North West
Barbara Mothershaw, B Mothershaw Associates
Scotland
Jim McLeish, Fife Council
Yorkshire & the Humber
Alan Bruce, SQW Ltd
Business Development Director
John Lockett