Tony Gates
Lay Member of Court
(Date first appointed: 2024)
Tony Gates is the Chief Executive of Northumberland National Park Authority; a post he has held since November 2005.
Tony has worked as a chief executive in landscape and heritage management for over 30 years and has a deep interest in nature, the historic environment, regenerative tourism, urban and rural regeneration and in particular engaging more and different people with the natural world.
Tony is a graduate of Newcastle University (1989). A chartered town planner, Tony has previously worked in urban regeneration and rural development roles in the UK and overseas.
An experienced non-executive Director, Tony holds a Certificate and and Diploma in company Direction (IoD). Tony is currently a Committee Member on the national Lottery Heritage Fund Committee for England, North. Until September 2023 Tony was Chair of Your Homes Newcastle a position held since January 2020.
Previously, Tony was a non-executive director of Northumberland Tourism Ltd, Active Northumberland, Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust and the Ouseburn Trust, which helps support the regeneration of this historic cultural area of Newcastle.
In 2023 Tony was awarded the Freedom of the County of Northumberland in recognition for his work with Northumberland National Park.