Exeter City Council Chief Executive and Growth Director Karime Hassan has announced he is stepping down from the Council at the end of March.
The Council’s current Deputy Chief Executive Bindu Arjoon will become Interim Chief Executive from April 1 pending the outcome of work that the Council is doing with the Local Government Association in the New Year.
Karime, 60, has overseen a huge growth in the economy during the last decade and overseen expansion which has seen Exeter become an economic powerhouse and an internationally recognised city of culture.
Business people are being given the opportunity to question the city’s top leaders at events hosted by Exeter Chamber of Commerce, the city’s leading business organisation.
On Friday 6th July Exeter MP, Ben Bradshaw, will brief Chamber members on the latest decisions from Westminster which will impact their businesses and take part in a question and answer session.
Mr Bradshaw said: “I am pleased to be able to address the business community through the Chamber of Commerce – the event is another route by which I can hear from constituents and ensure that I am representing...
Exeter City Council Chief Exec and Growth Director, Karime Hassan has recognised Exeter Chamber of Commerce as crucial to Exeter’s success at a recent networking event to start the celebrations of the Chamber’s 150th anniversary year.
At the event Mr Hassan noted, how key individuals including vice president of the Chamber, Derek Phillips, had played an important, long term, role in the continued success of the city’s economy, including strategic developments outside the city.
Karime Hassan said: “Together Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber share a united public/private...
Exeter is gearing up for a weekend of sporting celebration as two of its teams prepare for Finals at Twickenham and Wembley.
Exeter City Council has thrown its support behind the Chiefs and the Grecians and has put in place plans for open-top bus parades and civic receptions next week should the teams triumph. In Rugby Union, Exeter Chiefs take on Wasps on Saturday afternoon in the Aviva Premiership Final at Twickenham. Round ball neighbours Exeter City Football Club travel to Wembley on Sunday for the Division 2 Play-off Final against Blackpool FC.
Network at Sandy Park is a new business event for Exeter featuring some of the best local guest speakers.
The first event will feature guest speaker Karime Hassan, Chief Executive and Growth Director of Exeter City Council and an exclusive Q&A with Exeter Chiefs' Jack Nowell, who was recently selected as part of the British and Irish Lions squad going on tour to New Zealand.
The next events will be taking place at Sandy Park on: Thursday 21st September - Christine Ourmieres-Widener, Chief Executive Flybe Thursday 18th January - Michael Caines MBE, Chef and Entrepreneur...
On 7th December Exeter City Futures held its Challenge Definition Workshop to synthesise insights, comments, and discussion from Exeter City Futures Community. The workshop brought together the most engaged and entrepreneurial community members, members of Exeter City Council, and the Exeter City Futures team.
Introductions from key Exeter City Futures team members, local councillors, and insights from the upcoming Energy Report helped put the workshop into context and inform the day’s activities. During a day of lively and engaged discussion participants worked to define key...
Over 120 delegates attended the RWC Business Conference on Monday 29th September which was held at Sandy Park Conference Centre.
At the conference, delegates were split into 7 groups to discuss any risks, opportunities, actions and the knowledge needed to produce the best business legacy for the Rugby World Cup in 2015.
Sectors that were discussed included Retail, Hospitality & Attractions, Export & Trade, Inward Investment, Business Marketing & Branding, Business Growth, Development & Buddying and Transport & Communications.
Over 80 people attended the Southernhay Breakfast Club on Friday 7 March – a joint event ran by Kirk Hills Chartered Accountants and Beckworth Independent Financial Advisers.
The first meeting of 2014, held at the Southgate Hotel, saw guest speaker Karime Hassan, Chief Executive and Growth Director of Exeter City Council, give an overview of what is happening in Exeter.
Adrian Hills from Kirk Hills commented, “it was great that Karime was able to join us for this event, to explain more about the exciting developments that are taking place in our city. He is a very engaging...
Partnership between the city council and the private sector is key to the future prosperity of Exeter, the authority’s Chief Executive believes.
Karime Hassan, who is also the city council’s Growth Director, is to be a keynote speaker at the ATASS Respect Think Partnership conference being held at Woodbury Park in October (Thursday 17th).
With council budgets already under pressure and Exeter expecting direct funding from central government to fall in the coming years, he says that partnerships between councils, businesses and residents are the best way to ensure the city...
