EEDA - East of England Development Agency

Marco Cereste

Deputy chair

Marco is the Chair of a group of private family businesses.

The Italian government has awarded him three major honours - in 2001 he was awarded the rank of "Cavaliere" (Italian Knight) and in 2002 he was awarded the rank of "Cavaliere Ufficiale" (Officer Knight) both in the Order of Merit, more recently he was awarded one of Italy's highest honours La Stella Doro Della Soledarieta Italiana, First Class.

He has worked in the NHS for 24 years and is chair of Peterborough NHS. He is founder chair of the NHS Confederation, is a former member of the NHS Executive International Audit Development Group and the NHS Corporate Governance Advisory Panel. He is chair of Peterborough Health Partnership Board.

Marco is deputy chair of the Greater Peterborough Partnership, chair of Peterborough Renewable Energy Limited and holds a number of non-executive directorships including Opportunity Peterborough.

Marco is a local councillor, has held office as chair, treasurer and secretary of the local branch of the Conservative Party and has canvassed on behalf of the party. Marco is chair of EEDA's Resources Committee. He is also co chair of the Europe and International Affairs Panel.

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