Speakers
Plenary Chair
- Mike Thatcher - Editor: Public Finance
09:30 - 09:40: Plenary Chair's Welcome and Introduction
Mike is the editor of Public Finance, the official magazine of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). He has been the editor of PF for 10 years and previously worked on business titles covering the worlds of HR and printing. Before that, he was an economic analyst, working in the City.
Plenary Presentations
- Keith Davis - Director of Cross Government Studies: National Audit Office
09:40 - 10:00: 'The NAO 'Reorganising Central Government' report'
Keith Davis is the Director of the National Audit Office’s Cross-Government work. His role includes leading recent studies on restructuring central government, major project assurance, collaborative procurement, public service pensions and VFM (Value-for-Money) savings. He also specialises in process improvement and corporate service VFM . In addition, he is joint lead on the NAO’s strategic theme of cost effective delivery. Previously, he managed value for money reviews of the BBC and was Head of Press Office at the NAO. He is a qualified accountant (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy).
- Christopher N. Banks CBE - Chair: Directgov / Chair : Public Chairs' Forum
10:00 - 10:20: 'Quango Reform: A New Era for Arms Length Bodies - Managing Transitions; Making Sure Reforms Work'
Chris is Founder of Big Thoughts, the food and drinks business he set up to lead a management buy-out from The Coca-Cola Company early in 2001. He was was previously Managing Director of Coca-Cola Great Britain and before that he was with Grand Met (now Diageo), Allied Domecq, HP Bulmer, Mars and ACNielsen. He is a former President of the British Soft Drinks Association. Chris is Chair of Directgov, the organisation at the heart of transforming the delivery of public services. Until very recently, Chris was Chairman of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the organisation responsible for Post-16 education and training in England, including public investment of £12.8 billion per annum. The LSC’s responsibilities transferred to successor organisations in April 2010. He is Deputy Pro-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham; and a member of the Commission for Women and Work. Chris is Chair of the Public Chairs’ Forum (PCF), a network for Chairs of public bodies whose aim is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of public services in the UK. Chris was, for many years, Deputy Chair of the National Employment Panel, advising Government on Welfare to Work reform, and was, until recently, a member of the Board of Improve Ltd, the Food and Drink Sector Skills Council. Chris is a graduate of Birmingham University and has an MBA from Aston. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute; and a Member of the Marketing Society. Chris was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004 (Consumer Products, London), in recognition of the success of Big Thoughts and was made a CBE for services to young people and the unemployed in the 2003 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
- Quentin Cole - Partner: PwC
10:20 - 10:40: 'Tough Times and Tough Choices - Staying Ahead'
Quentin is a partner in PwC’s Business Recovery Services team. Over the past nine years, Quentin has specialised in turnaround and restructuring, working with organisations (and their stakeholders) facing financial challenge and distress. He has a broad range of private sector experience in restructurings and turnaround, and has applied this experience to work across the public sector, including the NHS. Quentin has significant experience in developing cost reduction and turnaround plans, as well as the rapid ‘hands-on’ implementation of programme management solutions.
Work Session Presentations
- Jonathan Broadis - Director: PwC
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A1: ''Turning Plans into Reality: Effective Programme Management'
- Quentin Cole - Partner: PwC
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A1: 'Turning Plans into Reality: Effective Programme Management'
- Philip Shepherd - Partner: PwC
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A1: 'Turning Plans into Reality: Effective Programme Management'
- Yvonne Elliott - Deputy Director of Business and Strategic Performance: City Health Care Partnership CIC
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A2: 'Mutualisation of Public Services: Giving Staff a True Stake in Public Sector Reform'
- Graeme Nuttall - Partner : Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A2: 'Mutualisation of Public Services: Giving Staff a True Stake in Public Sector Reform'
- Neil Palmer - Partner : Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A2: 'Mutualisation of Public Services: Giving Staff a True Stake in Public Sector Reform'
- Duncan Ward - Director of Public Sector: Badenoch & Clark
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A3: 'Alternative Consultancy and Cost Effective Use of Interims in Current Climate'
- Richard Carroll - Former Director: NHS
1:30 - 12:30 - Session A3: 'Alternative Consultancy and Cost Effective Use of Interims in Current Climate'
- David Ferrabee - Managing Director: Able and How
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A4: 'Communicating the Goal: Taking the Workforce With You'
- Richard Abbott - Adviser: GPR Dehler
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A5: 'Helping Your People to Help You'
- Hardy Giesler - Executive Director:: GPR Dehler
11:30 - 12:30 - Session A5: 'Helping Your People to Help You'
- Lord Bichard - Founding Director and Senior Fellow: Institute for Government
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B1: 'Workforce Restructuring: Managing the Transition Effectively'
- Jonathan Lewis - Chief Executive: The Social Investment Business
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B1: 'Workforce Restructuring: Managing the Transition Effectively'
- Giles Naylor - Head of Public Services: Odgers Berndtson
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B1: 'Workforce Restructuring: Managing the Transition Effectively'
- Glyn Evans - Corporate Director of Business Change: Birmingham City Council
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B2: 'From Business Case to Sustainable Results...'
- Chris Hudson - Director of Client Services - Prudential: Capita Life and Pensions
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B2: 'From Business Case to Sustainable Results...'
- Philip Worley - Operations Director: Mace Group
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B3: 'The Sustainable Estate: Seeking (and Getting) 'More for Less''
- John R.Childress - Managing Partner: Principia Associates
13:30 - 14:30 - Session B4: 'Operationalising Strategy'
- Jennifer Potter - Director: Talus Consulting
13:30 -14:30 - Session B4: 'Operationalising Strategy'
- Dr Adi Cooper - Strategic Director of Adult Social Services and Housing: London Borough of Sutton
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C1: 'Building Your ‘Reorganisation Resilience’'
- Dr Peter Hindmarsh - Senior Consultant: Nicholson McBride
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C1: 'Building Your ‘Reorganisation Resilience’'
- Dr John Nicholson - Chairman: Nicholson McBride
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C1: 'Building Your ‘Reorganisation Resilience’'
- Fiona Cameron - Director: Sticky Change
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C2: 'Delivering Effective and Lasting Culture Change'
- Mary Clarke - Director: Sticky Change
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C2: 'Delivering Effective and Lasting Culture Change'
- David Leech - Senior Director of Organisational Development: Office of Fair Trading
15:00-16:00 - Session C2: 'Delivering Effective and Lasting Culture Change'
- Mario Tsavellas - Director of Anti-Money Laundering & Business Services: Office of Fair Trading
15:00-16:00 - Session C2: 'Delivering Effective and Lasting Culture Change'
- Ian Crawford - Director: Sequena Consulting
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C3: 'Achieving More By Working Together – Measurably, Sustainably and With Passion'
- Sarah Durkin - Deputy Senior Investigator: Independent Police Complaints Commission
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C3: 'Achieving More By Working Together – Measurably, Sustainably and With Passion'
- Margaret Meyer - Senior Consultant: Sequena Consulting
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C3: 'Achieving More By Working Together – Measurably, Sustainably and With Passion'
- Jason Taylor - Head of Change and Customer Service : Independent Police Complaints Commission
15:00 - 16:00 - Session C3: 'Achieving More By Working Together – Measurably, Sustainably and With Passion'