HEAD OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Simon Lydiard Simon Lydiard is a former senior civil servant, with a 38 year career spanning several government departments and specialisms. He joined the civil service at the most junior grade and worked his way up, attaining senior civil service rank eight years before he left. Having started as a general…
ADVISORY BOARD Isabelle Beaumont Profile coming soon.
HEAD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Steve Atkinson Steve spent the whole of his 39 year career in local government; starting in his home town of Preston in 1978 and working in locations as disparate as Cumbria, Pembrokeshire and two District Councils in the East Midlands. The last twelve years were as Chief Executive for Hinckley and…
CO-FOUNDER Sir John Bourn Sir John Bourn was the Comptroller & Auditor General of the United Kingdom (1988-2008), the first Auditor General for Wales (1999-2005) and the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Ministerial Interests (2006-2007). Sir John also served on the Financial Reporting Council and was Chair of the Professional Oversight Board, responsible for the Council’s…
TEAM MEMBER Sherife Hasan Programme Adviser Sherife is an experienced and highly skilled programme director with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in systems improvement and innovation. Sherife has worked for the Greater London Authority, the Department of Health, the University of East London and the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. As part of her work…
TEAM MEMBER Andy Mather Partnership Director Andy is an experienced events and information professional with a background of successfully managing businesses in the UK and globally. He has worked for some of the leading organisations in the industry and in a broad variety of sectors including infrastructure, waste management/circular economy, housing, public sector procurement, political…
MANAGING DIRECTOR Nic Werran Nicholas has been an important figure in the niche yet influential world of public sector market intelligence for the past decade. Nicholas has project managed over 250 market insight projects tracking numerous trends with the sector – from the dispersal of the Civil Service following the 2004 Lyons Review, to the lack…
TEAM MEMBER Dr Jon Bashford Research Programme Director Jon is an experienced senior manager, researcher and teacher with over 25 years experience working in health, social care and education in the public and voluntary sectors. Jon comes from a practitioner background as a Registered Mental Nurse and has been able to successfully bridge the gap…
REPORT AUTHOR Right Honourable Hazel Blears Hazel was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1997 – 2015, representing Salford and Eccles. Hazel has had a prolific Ministerial career which included being appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Health (2001-03), Minister of State at the Home Office (2003-06), Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair…
REPORT AUTHOR Professor The Lord Patel of Bradford OBE Lord Patel, a social worker by background, is the Chairman of the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Director of Strategic Partnerships and Senior Advisor to the Vice Chancellor at the University of East London. He entered the House of Lords in 2006 as…