Go North East has promoted Stephen King to head up its Commercial and Retail division.
The move follows Stephen success as the company’s first ever Head of Marketing – a position he took up in 2015.
Says Managing Director of Go North East, Kevin Carr: “Stephen has proven himself to be a valuable asset to the company and is the best person to add vigour and innovation to our commercial strategy.”
Stephen’s appointment is integral to plans to boost the commercial advantage of Go North East’s substantial ongoing investment programme, which has totalled over £50m in capital spend in the last five years, including a £10.5m investment in upgrading services in 2016.
He will oversee the firm’s commercial strategy and function which comprises network design, business development, retail and marketing communications along with stakeholder engagement.
Stephen, who has worked at Go North East since he was 16 and occupies a seat on its Senior Management Team, has pioneered a number of high profile retail and marketing initiatives and industry firsts in his career at the company to date.
