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For more information on how we can help support your digital skills and leadership training needs, please contact Ross Waldie, Business Development Manager:

e: digitalskills@sunderland.ac.uk

t: 0191 515 3838

Ross Waldie, Business Development Manager

Ross is an Alumni of the University of Sunderland and lives and works in Northumberland. Ross has a broad range of experience working in the public, private and the charity sectors, establishing and running his own catering and coffee shop business in Northumberland.

He spent 7 years with the North East Chamber of Commerce advising and supporting businesses and 4 years within the homelessness charity sector managing a construction skills centre.

He has also worked with the North East LEP and Tees Valley Combined Authority to deliver business support programmes and more recently with Advance Northumberland, delivering digital skills support to businesses in the county.

“I have taken great satisfaction from delivering high quality business support programmes that help businesses adapt to new opportunities in a changing operating environment that relies, increasingly on digital adoption and developing new skills within their teams.

My experience, love of helping businesses to grow and flourish, alongside my excitement of being back with the University of Sunderland, means that I am really excited to be working on the Northumberland Digital Skills, Innovation and Leadership programme.”