Sam Corcoran is a chartered accountant and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Since May 2019 he has been the Leader of Cheshire East Council. The council has set ...
Head of Operations As the Head of Operations at the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny, Pandora is at the forefront of advancing the organisation's mission to promote good governance and ...
Cath joined the CfGS team in June 2023 on a fixed term secondment. Since graduating from the University of Liverpool she has worked in a range of data analysis, policy/strategy ...
Natalie is seconded to CfGS from her substantive role of Head of Scrutiny at Herts County Council. She has been leading Scrutiny for 5 years and before that was ...
Director of Practice Camilla joined the team in January 2024, having had an ongoing relationship with the Centre throughout her Scrutiny career, and previously working for the organisation first during ...
Manisha Patel is a consultant and coach. Manisha applies her unique interdisciplinary skillset to her work supporting organisations and individuals with systemic change. Manisha adopts a ‘floor to board’ approach ...
Mel joined us in May 2023 as our Chief Executive, bringing her extensive expertise in design, strategy, and practice in public sector governance and decision-making. Her primary objective is to ...
Juliet is a Business Strategy and Operations professional with a track record of driving successful strategic programs across multiple geographies. She leverages on her skills in creative problem solving, focusing ...
Radhika has been a management consultant within financial services, currently works at Mastercard and is an expert in the payments sector. Over the last decade, Radhika has held several leadership ...
Sunita is an experienced coach and facilitator with over 30 years experience in local government, the private sector and a variety of other settings. She has been a long-standing associate ...
Dave McKenna is an independent consultant and researcher who helps councils and other public bodies with training, research and facilitation. An associate with the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny since ...
Lisa Smart is an elected member of Stockport Council where she chairs both the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee and the Scrutiny Coordination Committee. Previously, she chaired the ...
Paul Cutler is a facilitator and consultant with over 30 years of experience providing support and advice to local government, the NHS and the community & voluntary sector. He specialises ...
Andrew Burns is an Associate Director of CIPFA, previously he was President of the organisation in 2017/18. He was also a former Chairman of the Consultative Committee of ...
Deputy Chief Executive Ed Hammond leads our research programme as well as delivery of major governance and scrutiny reviews. This includes public and private sector clients, with a focus on ...
Dr Jonathan Carr-West has been Chief Executive of the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) since February 2013 where he leads on all aspects of the think tank’s policy, membership and ...
Helen Bailey is the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Sutton. She has held Chief Executive roles in the London Borough of Islington and in North Somerset. She ...
Lord Kerslake is the Chair of the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny. A former Head of the Civil Service, Lord Kerslake led the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) ...
Jacqui is Chief Executive of the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny. Under Jacqui’s leadership, CfGS is the leading national organisation promoting and supporting excellence in governance and scrutiny. Jacqui oversees ...