Better performance, efficiently delivered.

Current long term advisory Portfolio:

• Senior Advisor, Policy in Practice
• Advisor, Ideas Impossible Inc
• Associate Director, Connected Places Catapult

Previous long-term advisory

• Strategic Adviser, FutureGov
• Strategic Adviser, APM UK

Recent independent work:

• Critical friend advice to two councils who are proposing significant change
• Strategic Reviews of three charities providing services and leadership to local government, with repeat engagement
• Curation and facilitation of expert sessions on data and digital for elected members and senior officers of local authorities
• Strategic facilitation support to the board of a new local authority spin-out company, again with repeat engagement
• Workshop on approach to commercialism for trustees of a charity
• Board evaluation, Internet infrastructure company
• Facilitation of corporate management team to help them determine a new operating model following significant changes
• Strategic Advice for, four companies considering, or growing into, UK local government (not listed above)

Areas of Interest:

• Facilitating decision makers to resolve a strategic issue
• Evaluation of Board effectiveness
• Teambuilding/fixing underperforming teams
• Helping a senior player work through a specific change issue where they need a spare brain, a sounding board and some support – this includes the “away day for two” – a structured and intensive day to work though a large number of issues
• A focused and action-oriented review/report on a specific issue
• Go-to-market strategies for new propositions aimed at public sector/local government, and networking relevant contacts
• Executive recruitment advice and assessment.

Credentials:

• Understanding of how large organisations work – and change – from the perspective of the top team
• Board and top team facilitation throughout career
• Insights into how turn-of-the-century ways of working can be replaced by internet-era methods
• Active engagement with those building new public services
• Board evaluations e.g. at publicly owned commercial trading company and an internet infrastructure company
• Multiple consultancy roles at NatWest and at Veredus in particular
• Public sector sales experience at Veredus and Capita
• A wide range of useful tools, models and frameworks acquired through work experience and formal training/exec development