Sir Christopher Haworth

Chris is a Fellow of the RICS and has been involved in development and investment for many years. Having been a partner and head of the commercial division at Carter Jonas, where he advised The Crown Estate on major development opportunities, he now chairs a number of LATCOs. These include CIFCO, an investment company with a commercial portfolio of £100m set up by Babergh and Mid Suffolk Councils, and Gateway 14, a company set up by Mid Suffolk DC to acquire and develop 156 acres in Suffolk. This has now repaid the initial investment of £38m to acquire the site and put in the infrastructure and already delivered a first dividend of £20m to its shareholder, with a further £50-£60m to come. He chaired the East Midlands Development company until it was subsumed into the East Midlands Combined Authority, and sits on the board of Freeport East.