Alex Plant - Chief Executive

Alex took up the role of Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Horizons in early 2008. Cambridgeshire Horizons is the not for profit organisation driving forward the delivery of sustainable new communities in Cambridgeshire. 

Alex joined Cambridgeshire Horizons from the Government Office for the East of England (GO East), where he was Deputy Regional Director with particular responsibility for Development and Infrastructure, taking forward the Governments' growth agenda across the region.
 
Prior to joining GO East, Alex was Head of Economic Policy & International Aviation at the Civil Aviation Authority, and before this worked in HM Treasury on various micro-economic policy issues and led for HMT on competition policy throughout the process of reforming the UK competition regime and introducing the 2002 Enterprise Act. He previously held a number of other Whitehall positions, in particular covering elements of tax policy. He is a graduate of Nottingham University (2:1 Joint Honours in History & Politics) and has studied competition and regulation economics at City University, London.

Alex's key areas of responsibility:

• To lead the Horizons team
• To drive forward the sustainable growth of Cambridgeshire
• LAA Targets
• Long Term Plans, inc low carbon futures and funding

 Email: alex.plant@cambridgeshirehorizons.co.uk