# New Managing Director at Rural Regeneration Unit

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/10/30/new-managing-director-rural-regeneration-unit/
- Published: 2003-10-30T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Mal Treharne is the new Managing Director at the Rural Regeneration Unit (RRU), 
the offshoot of the Countryside Alliance that is dedicated to finding practical 
solutions to challenges facing rural economies and society.
He will take up the 
post at the RRU’s Strategic IT Centre at Hagley in the West Midlands on 1 November
2003.

 

 

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Mal has been with the RRU since its inception 12 months ago and takes over following
the untimely death of the founding managing director Richard Ovenstone at the end
of the summer.

 

 

Mal has combined a successful commercial career with that as an elected county council
leader and member of the council of Europe, where he developed a reputation as a
strong advocate for rural communities.

 

 

On his appointment, Mal said: “Many people find it difficult to locate the many 
funders and providers who are charged with the responsibility of helping them, the
RRU is a player and not a pundit, and it will be our task to simplify and shorten
the route to solutions for many who are already busy just trying to keep going.”

 

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