Ian Dormer

Ian owns Rosh Engineering Ltd in Birtley, a specialist contractor to the electrical supply industry which repairs and refurbishes high voltage electrical plant equipment throughout the UK, Ireland and the Benelux countries.

Since the early 1990s Ian has been active at national level with the Institute of Directors.  After he joined the main board, he was appointed as Vice Chairman from 2004 until April 2010.

He has also been a Director of the Northern Business Forum, a Director and Chairman of Business Link Tyne & Wear, and currently chairs the North East Business Support Simplification Programme Transition Management Board.  He is an advocate of a positive health and safety culture, chairing an IoD-HSE oversight group on this issue.

Ian is Chair of Enterprise Development North East Ltd as well as sitting on the Board of 1NG Ltd, the City Development Company for NewcastleGateshead.