DIRECTORS

Liz was first elected in 2002 to the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames - a London borough.

She has been Council Leader; Leader of the Opposition; Chair of Audit, Governance and Standards; Chair of Planning; Environment portfolio holder; Chair of Health Overview Panel; Chair of Health and Wellbeing Board.

Liz has held positions on the LGA since 2011 including Vice chair of Children and Young People; Deputy chair of Improvement and Innovation Board; Chair of Culture, Tourism and Sport Board.

She is an accredited peer member -undertaking corporate peer challenges and reviews, mentoring and training.

Liz has been training councillors in leadership skills for over 8 years. 

Using her cross-party and lived experience, she is able to cover many different topics.

She develops and delivers training and facilitation packages to a wide range of officers and councillors, at all organisational levels.

From Leeds to NALC, via Thurrock, LGIU and Westco, incorporating Policy, Public Affairs and Political Advice Michael has broad and expensive experience relevant across the democratic and governance spectrum.

 Driven by his experience of the deindustrialisation of South Yorkshire in the 1980's Michael went from a mature student reading Government, Politics and Modern History to running election campaigns, working for Members of Parliament, holding Political Advisor roles, being a Public Affairs Manager and Head of Policy and Parliamentary Affairs and eventually his own consultancy. 

Michael gravitated into the voluntary sector in 2012. He has experience of managing numerous projects, commissioning and consortia, stakeholder engagement and partnerships, setting up credit unions, writing strategies/strategic reviews and retains use of his political skillset to help voluntary organisations ensure they can get the most out of working with local councils.