Meet the Team

Nigel is an experienced economic development specialist. He formed Mickledore in 2009 having been Regional Development Director at EY. He has worked in economic development for 30 years with 20 years in an advisory role. He has significant experience in leading projects, strategy and funding. Nigel is also the Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Development.

Liz has a huge amount of experience in business engagement, inward investment and location promotion. Before joining Mickledore she worked with the North West Development Agency, MIDAS and for the Department of International Trade in Chicago.

Vince is a Chartered Surveyor and supports Mickledore projects involving regeneration and planning work. He has thirty years consultancy experience with extensive work undertaking market health checks and financial viability work for town centres. He is also a Director of the BE Group.

Robert is a planning and development Chartered Surveyor with a strong background in economic development and funding procurement. Robert typically supports Mickledore in economic assessments and HM Treasury Green Book compliant business cases. Robert is also a Director of Capita.

Sylvie has over 10 years experience across business engagement, business support, grant support and inward investment working for MIDAS, Manchester Growth Company and Langtree. Prior to this, Sylvie worked for over 10 years in international trade working across Latin America and Southern Europe in the manufacturing and chemicals sectors.

Tim is an economic development specialist with a strong background in linking business investment and economic strategy. As well as working for the North West Development Agency, Tim has worked on economic development for UK Government in Brisbane, Australia and for UNIDO in Ethiopia.

Saralyn is an experienced market researcher with a specialism in economic development. Her career has included working for Ipsos Mori and at Mickledore she specialises in market surveys, stakeholder engagement and research – but is also project lead in our work for the Institute of Economic Development.

Ian has recently started working on Mickledore engagements and brings a depth of knowledge of regeneration and public sector strategy. Ian has over thirty years’ experience in both the private and public sectors where he has had a focus on Place Making and improving economic prosperity.

Simon is an economist who has worked extensively on economic strategy, business cases, impact and modelling. Simon has started working on Mickledore projects again after a spell with Cooperatives UK where he led work promoting and building cooperative business models.

Maisie completed a Masters degree in Development Economics and Policy in 2020. She subsequently worked for the University of Manchester and completed an economic development research project as an intern for Marketing Humber, before joining Mickledore as a Graduate Consultant.

Debbie underpins the work of the Mickledore team, supporting projects and also undertaking much of the day-to-day work of the Institute of Economic Development. Debbie is an economics graduate and has a large amount of experience in event management and business administration.

Micaela is a Consultant with Mickledore and joined the team in 2023. She graduated from the University of Manchester in Politics and Data Analytics: having previously completed her International Baccalaureate in Madrid. Micaela was previously a researcher of economic regional inequality for the Peterloo Institute – Manchester and has worked on data analytics for the research business Impact Cubed in London.