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Mr JR Flamson
OBE DL
Trustee
John was one of the senior directors of the University of Liverpool from 2008, linking it with international, political and business market places. He has BA (Honours) Geography and Master of Civic Design degrees and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Retired Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He started his professional life as a town planner, and his planning career included numerous posts with West Lancashire District Council, Merseyside County Council, Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Development Corporation, involving him in numerous regeneration initiatives in testing political and economic environments in the 1970s and 1980s.
During his time with Merseyside Development Corporation, he contributed to the re-emergence of the Merseyside waterfronts as commercial and visitor destinations, including iconic developments at Albert Dock and the International Garden Festival. His work in the 1980s was focused on city centre development, economic growth and public policy, as Director of Liverpool City Challenge, and Chief Executive of Wigan Borough Partnership. As a Deputy Regional Director of Government Office for the North West, John oversaw the huge European Investments into Merseyside from 2000, which continue to have a significant impact on the renaissance of the region.
Since retirement he has remained active as an Honorary Fellow of the University of Liverpool’s Heseltine Institute of Public Policy, Practice & Place, a Member of the Investment Panel for Liverpool City Region’s Combined Authority and as a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Merseyside, all of which keeps him engaged in the area’s civic life.
