Tees Valley Regeneration has appointed council chief executives GEORGE GARLICK, of Stockton Borough Council and PAUL WALKER, of Hartlepool Borough Council, to its board.

Brian Dinsdale, the serving chief executive of Middlesbrough Council, will serve on the board until he leaves the council, when his board place will go to his successor on the council.

The chief executives of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Darlington Council, Colin Moore and Barry Keel, are already board members.

Tees Valley Regeneration has also appointed four private sector board members.

They are RICHARD HALL, group executive director of Atkins plc and managing director of Faithful and Gould; LORNA MORAN, chief executive officer of Northern Recruitment Group; ALAN NOBLE, founder and executive deputy chairman of Northgate plc, and GRAHAM ROBERTS, group chief executive of PD Ports.

All were chosen for their commitment to seeing the area rejuvenated.