Alain Dilworth

Alain graduated from Southampton University with a degree in electronics and spent the first five years of his career carrying out marine seismic surveys around the globe. Following this, he spent around 20 years in private sector manufacturing and operational roles in large and small businesses, in the defence engineering, packaging manufacture, home improvement and textiles sectors. 
 
In 2010, Alain started work for the Northwest Regional Development Agency to pursue his interest in economic development. When the government disbanded the RDAs, and following a brief spell in DWP, Alain continued his economic development work in the Growth Company - delivering the successful national Textiles Growth Programmes, as well as the regional Greater Manchester Export Fund programmes on behalf of government. 
 
Alain was involved early on with the Made Smarter National Adoption Pilot, in both the programme design and the business case development with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). He was appointed to put together the team and manage delivery of the north west programme – something which has now been rolled out across three further regions and has been awarded an additional three years of funding.