Simon Donohue

Head of SEC Newgate’s Northern office in Manchester, Simon is a strategic communication professional and former journalist with extensive experience across the public and private sectors. The Manchester team work on behalf of organisations leading transformational change, including developers of new homes, renewable energy projects, major infrastructure and more.

Simon joined SEC Newgate from Transport for Greater Manchester, where he supported the rollout of the transformational Bee Network and led communications for the revised Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan.

In a first for a Destination Management Organisation, Simon served as Content Curator on behalf of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (now GM Business Board) at Marketing Manchester, part of the Growth Company. The role supported the city-region in increasing awareness of its sector strengths nationally and internationally, helping to attract inward investment, visitors and students.

Simon worked at the Manchester Evening News for 15 years, with stints on the business and features desks. He edited the MEN’s award-winning standalone business magazine, Greater Manchester Business Week.