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Short CV
Gareth HUGHES holds degrees in Economics, in Econometrics & Statistics, and in Information Technology. He was founding Director of Liverpool Business School and subsequently became an Executive Director at Liverpool John Moores University with responsibility for the Division of Arts & Professional Studies and for the university’s computing, network and management information systems. In these capacities, he became actively involved in regional development within the Objective 1 Merseyside region and was responsible for a number of large ICT projects in the education and training field.
He was a founding member of the Regional Information Society Steering Committee of the North West of England. He was also a founding member of the IRISI Network Management Committee but relinquished this role to take up the post of Secretary General of the Network at the beginning of 1996.
Since 1996, he has been a freelance consultant working in the field of Information Society strategy development. In this capacity he has undertaken various assignments for the European Commission (Thematic evaluation of the Structural Funds, Guide to Transnationality in the EQUAL Community Initiative etc.), coordinated a number of inter-regional projects, and provided consultancy support and advice to a number of regions. Since April 2000, he has been Chief Executive of eris@ (The European Regional Information Society Association). |
Chief Executive Officer, eris@, UK |