Press release

Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear

Ms Lucy Winskell OBE DL has been appointed Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Tyne and Wear.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Ms Lucy Winskell OBE DL as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Tyne and Wear on the retirement of Mrs Susan Winfield CVO OBE on 18 May 2022.

Background

Lucy Winskell is a lawyer who has branched out into most areas of north-eastern life. She is currently Chair of the North-East Local Enterprise Partnership; Pro Vice-Chancellor of Northumbria University; Chair of Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and Trustee of the Tyne and Wear / Northumberland Community Foundation. She previously served as Chair of the North-East Industrial Development Board, NED of Government Office North-East, and Council Member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She served as High Sheriff in 2015-16, was awarded an OBE in 2014 for services to the north-east economy and to higher education, and was given the IoD Prize in 2016 for outstanding contribution to business in the north-east and Yorkshire.

Ms Winskell lives in Gosforth with her husband, John Molloy.

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Published 21 February 2022