Newcastle Regional Board

Empowering high growth women led businesses in Newcastle

The Newcastle-based Regional Board is being chaired by Debra Leeves, current CEO of Hull-based virtual reality software supplier, Vertual.

“After more than 30 years leading and investing in high growth companies a quote comes to mind ‘Successful businesses are not built on passion alone’ My mission as Regional Board Chair is to support and increase the number of women-led high growth businesses, and to work with VCs and angel investors to ensure that the flow of capital comes their way.”

Supporting Debra as vice-chair is Nina Walton, Co-Founder of Transforming Brands, is a marketing strategist and storyteller with over 25 years’ experience. Based in Newcastle, she works with scaling businesses and corporate clients to deliver marketing strategy, PR and brand transformation packages that raise profile, drive growth and uncover brand magic.

“We have brought together regional and private sector experienced leaders alongside dynamic founders to form impactful boards, championing and super charging latent, high growth women led businesses in the regions. All with a common goal to grow the number of female-founded high-growth enterprises, and increase the percentage of capital invested into female founders in the region.”

Jordan Dargue and Helen Oldham
Co-Founders of Lifted Ventures