Felicity goodey biography

Felicity Margaret Sue GoodeyCBE DL (born 1949) is a former BBC journalist and presenter. She was a leading figure in the redevelopment of Salford Quays, including The Lowry and MediaCityUK.

Early life

Goodey attended St Austell Grammar School then read history at St Hugh's College, Oxford.^[3]

Career

Goodey spent 28 years at the BBC as an industrial and political correspondent, including as a presenter of the current affairs radio programme File on 4.^[4] She regularly appeared on BBC North West regional television news programmes Look North and North West Tonight.^[5]

She gave up broadcasting in 1998 to become a founder director of the Northwest Regional Development Agency, chairing the team responsible for developing tourism.^[6] She led the team that funded, built and operated The Lowry theatre and gallery complex in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, and became lifelong president of the Lowry Centre Tru