Tampa, Fla. (Could 8, 2023) – The Tampa Bay Financial Growth Council, the lead designated financial improvement company for Hillsborough County and the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant Metropolis, has introduced that Mitchel Allen has joined the crew as Senior Vice President of Financial Growth.
“Mitch brings glorious financial improvement expertise from different rising metropolitan areas of the nation to this position,” stated Craig J. Richard, president and CEO of the Tampa Bay EDC. “He additionally has a robust monitor report of closing important tasks and assembly enterprise improvement targets. We’re excited for him to hit the bottom working.”
Most lately, Allen was the Government Vice President of Enterprise Growth on the Higher Richmond Partnership in Virginia, the place he and his crew produced one of many group’s greatest years ever by finding 13 new companies, which introduced in $1.5 billion in capital funding, 4.6 million sq. ft of business actual property, and 4,800 web new jobs to the Higher Richmond space.
Previous to that, Allen served because the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Growth on the Higher Phoenix Financial Council the place he led the recruitment of a number of main tasks together with Nike’s $180 million facility. He began his financial improvement profession in Arizona and held positions of accelerating duty in enterprise recruitment and enlargement with the Metropolis of Chandler.
Allen has obtained a number of business accolades through the years, together with being named one in all North America’s Prime 50 Financial Builders by Advisor Join in 2017 and 2020; 40 Below 40 by Growth Counsellors Worldwide in 2019; and Financial Developer of the 12 months by the Arizona Affiliation for Financial Growth in 2017.
Allen is a graduate of Arizona State College and holds a BA in Communications. He’s additionally at the moment engaged on his MBA in Finance from the College of Denver.
About Tampa Bay Financial Growth Council
The Tampa Bay Financial Growth Council is the lead designated financial improvement company for Hillsborough County and the cities of Tampa, Plant Metropolis and Temple Terrace. Established in 2009 as a partnership between the general public sector and personal company buyers, the EDC works to advance a diversified native financial system that’s helpful to all by attracting, increasing and retaining high quality employers, a proficient workforce and funding, focusing inside focused business sectors, together with Company Headquarters, Monetary and Skilled Companies, Info Expertise, Life Science and Well being Care, Protection and Safety, Distribution and Logistics, and Manufacturing. The EDC exists due to the beneficiant assist of greater than 100 firms, Hillsborough County, and the cities of Tampa, Plant Metropolis and Temple Terrace.
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