Larry Roberts has joined Northern Accelerator in a new position of Network Development Manager.
As the programme continues to grow in both its offering and impact, Larry brings a wealth of experience in fostering strategic relationships and working with businesses and leaders across a range of sectors.
Larry’s career includes a five-year tenure as the public face of Common Purpose in the North East. This role saw him working with many of the region’s universities, NHS Trusts, local authorities and private sector businesses. Larry is a past member and employee of San Diego-based leadership development organisation Vistage. He worked with former corporate executives to build groups of CEOs – aimed at helping them to making impactful decisions, enhancing their professional growth and organisational success.
Northern Accelerator is dedicated to providing support that helps transform ground-breaking research into successful businesses. Larry’s knowledge and experience will be instrumental in enhancing our networks and creating new opportunities for collaboration and growth. His exceptional ability to connect people and ideas will play a crucial role in achieving our mission.
Piloting new activity
Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund funds this new position. The funding allows Northern Accelerator to pilot new activity to further strengthen the programme of support. Larry will lead peer-to-peer engagement between spinouts as well as facilitating connections with the wider innovation ecosystem in the North East and beyond.
Northern Accelerator has spun out over 50 businesses to date. Academic founders and experienced business leaders work together to give spinout businesses the best chance of success. Larry will create opportunities for founders and leaders to regularly share lessons learned and best practice.
Alongside the networking development activity, Northern Accelerator is also introducing scale-up growth support, sector collaborations and enterprise fellowships. This complements the existing and proven support offering, including executives into business and Future Founders.
Keep an eye on our website and social media for announcements about upcoming activities.
