The UK Innovation Corridor has appointed Jackie Sadek as the new chair of the partnership.
Sadek, who takes up the role from 1 November, succeeds Dame Ann Limb, who has chaired the organisation since 2017.
Sadek said she was looking forward to “leading this partnership into a new era and ensuring that the corridor gets the recognition that it deserves as one of the world’s leading knowledge economies with enormous potential to keep the UK at the forefront of the revolution in life and health sciences as well as IT, digital and media, agritech and advanced manufacturing”.
Outgoing chair Limb added: “I have every confidence that the UK Innovation Corridor will thrive under Jackie’s leadership. Her dedication and passion for sustainable economic growth will be instrumental in continuing to build the corridor’s profile with the government and stakeholders, regardless of the political landscape after the general election in 2024.”
The UK Innovation Corridor links Cambridge to London. It aims to deliver 200,000 new homes by the mid 2030s and is on target to have an economic value of £350bn by 2050. The partnership, which was set up to promote sustainable economic growth of the corridor is led by a consortium of local government, universities, colleges and a range of private sector businesses.
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