Degree honour for North solicitor.A NORTH East solicitor with a passion for voluntary work has been awarded an honorary degree by Northumbria University. Peter Allan OBE is a specialist in corporate law and a consultant to the law firm Ward Hadaway, having previously been both managing partner and senior partner at the firm. For more than 30 years Peter has advised on mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, joint ventures and corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. issues. He has served on Northumbria University's board of governors for 12 years and has been chairman or a member of some 35 voluntary and charitable bodies in the North East, including the Institute of Directors, Business Link, the NewcastleGateshead Initiative, the Prince's Trust and the Marrow and Stem Cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. Transplant charity. He became Deputy Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear, former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, in 2000 and in 2001 he was awarded the OBE for his services to business, education and the community. CAPTION(S): HONOURED Peter Allan. |
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