1. Personal
- Full name: Andrew Ernest Harris
- Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
- Married with one son, two daughters, three in-laws and seven grandchildren
2. Current Pro Bono Roles
- Volunteer Management Consultant assisting UK charities
- Columnist published in the Lancashire & North West Magazine and professional journals
- NGO Adviser. A legacy role to ensure continuing benefits for Africa
3. Previous Full-time Roles (* denotes chief officer positions)
- 2000-12: Chief Executive, Partnership Projects Ltd - Regeneration Developer
- 1994-00: Chief Executive, Preston Partnership – Multi-Sector Regeneration
- 1992-94: Head of the Douglas 2000 Regeneration Partnership, Isle of Man
- 1985-92: Chief Executive, Northern Workspace Ltd – Regeneration Developer
- 1983-85: Deputy/Chief Executive, North British Industrial Association (NBIA)
- 1979-83: City Valuer*, Bristol City Council.
- 1972-79: Borough Estates & Industrial Development Officer*, Oldham CBC/MBC
- 1965-72: Early career posts with Bedford Borough Council, the Commission for the New Towns, Washington Development Corporation and the National Coal Board from 1965. Studied at what is now Northumbria University 1965-69.
4. Previous Voluntary Roles
- Honorary Surveyor, St Margaret's Church, Ingol, Preston (1 year)
- Chairman. Skyways Commercial Campus (Blackpool) Ltd (7 years)
- Founder Commodore, Preston Keelboat Club
- Chairman, Ambulances for Africa + Projects in Africa CIC etc (6 years)
- Chairman, Preston & District Branch, Multiple Sclerosis Society (2 years)
- Trustee, Vice Chair & Chairman, Lancashire Mind (3 years)
- External Assessor for Major Projects: 2 x Lottery Funds (10 years)
- Provision of training for the National Lottery Charities Board (3 years)
- Commodore, Preston Yacht Club (5 years)
- Chairman, RICS Planning & Development Faculty, South West Region (3 years)
- Various Roles, Samaritan Movement (1971-2007 with family & career breaks)
- Other roles included Yachting, Gliding and an Army Reserve Commission.
5. A Dozen Typical Achievements
- Writing 80+ monthly features (without payment) which analyse, explain & promote topics of interest, benefit or concern to the people of Lancashire and North West England. Mainly published by the Lancashire and North West Magazine.
- Responding to the needs of Africa with schools, investment and ambulances.
- Leading the campaign for Preston to achieve City Status.
- Inventing the ‘Business Village’ concept & developing 27 projects nationwide.
- Conceiving and organising 5 x Preston Maritime Festivals 1995-99.
- Attracting more than £100 million of investment in the regeneration of Preston by way of grants from government, the national lottery and other sources.
- Directing the Douglas 2000 project to help the Isle of Man switch from failing traditional tourism to a successful offshore finance role.
- Leading successful property negotiations for: a 6,000-jobs inward investment to Bristol by Hewlett Packard; leasing a 1,000-acre site to import cars through Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock; the regeneration of Bristol City Docks and financial rescue of Bristol City FC.
- Innovative ‘managed workspace’ response to the St Pauls riots in Bristol. Later headhunted by NBIA to develop a 3 million sq ft nationwide network.
- Conceiving, funding & developing the ground-breaking Town Square Shopping Centre in Oldham in adverse economic circumstances.
- Leading the campaign by Councils, Employers and Unions to re-engineer the textile industry in NW England by action in Whitehall, Westminster & Brussels.
- Attracting 134 inward investments by acclaimed marketing of Oldham.