Graham Thrower

Graham Thrower has had an extensive international career in Corporate Finance raising equity, bond and bank finance around the world for many of the major global companies in the Media, Telecom and Technology sectors; most latterly at the US Investment Bank Citigroup where he was a Managing Director.

Since 2004 Graham has been based in the North East of England where he has built the record label and music business alt.vinyl, as well as founding a number of other digital and creative enterprises. He has also been widely involved in issues around economic development, access to finance and the development of the region’s commercial creative sector.

In addition to being on the Board of the regional development agency One North East he also sits on the boards of North East Access to Finance and Newcastle Science City, as well as being Chairman of the national music development agency Generator.

Graham has a degree in English & European Literature from Warwick University, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and lives in rural Northumberland with his long term partner and their two children.