The authorities is to start out the hunt for a model new boss of its flagship commerce and cultural promotion advertising marketing campaign after the incumbent decided to step down after two years in value.
Sky Information understands that Andy Pike OBE resigned as director of GREAT earlier this month, and might depart the publish in September.
Mr Pike educated the members of the GREAT advertising marketing campaign’s private sector council – chaired by the earlier Fortnum & Mason boss Ewan Venters – in a memo by means of which he outlined proposals for the perform to be open to personal sector candidates.
He moreover referred to “unprecedented help, together with…from the prime minister personally” for the initiative.
Final month, GREAT took the promotion of Britain’s experience sector to the center of Silicon Valley with a promoting effort known as ‘Unicorn Kingdom’ – a reference to the number of UK-based start-ups which have attained a valuation of $1bn or further.
Mr Pike has had earlier stints accountable for GREAT, and as well as labored in senior communications on the Northern Eire Workplace and all through the intelligence suppliers.
In 2021, he modified Dan Ramsay, who resigned to hitch the broadband infrastructure group CityFibre Holdings, on the helm of the GREAT advertising marketing campaign.
His departure will come amid ongoing debate regarding the effectiveness of Britain’s commerce promotion efforts, with worldwide commerce now having simply these days been merged with the Division for Enterprise.
Sky Information revealed ultimate week that the federal authorities’s World Funding Summit could possibly be delayed by a variety of weeks from its genuine October scheduling.
Mr Pike couldn’t be reached for comment.
Supply: info.sky.com”
