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Biography

Areas of expertise

Contemporary approaches and strategies for the development of Social Capital and Neighbourhood Renewal at national, regional and local level including partnership and community dimensions.

• Governance and accountability.
• Mainstream sustainability.
• Horizontal and vertical integration of policies and practice
• Public-private and 3^rd sector partnerships
• Social inclusion strategies and practices
• Evidence led approaches to multiple deprivation
• Systems analysis for performance management
• Cross sector integrated solutions.
• Social and demographic change.
• Intelligence networks
• Option appraisal and programme evaluation
• Fitness for purpose revue.
• Organisational development
• Performance improvement,
• Political and community engagement.

Recent commissions, consultancies, etc.

• Department of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) UK – support and advice on neighbourhood renewal and partnerships
• Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) UK – advice to the regional government units on deprivation and regeneration through the use of new systems and practices for effective partnerships development
• ODPM/SOLACE UK – Undertake research into regional and local governance systems in Australia and new Zealand .
• OECD – The development of two international conferences on Social Capital/Learning Cities and Regions in Europe and Australasia
• Red Bank NJ USA – Advise the City Council on urban renewal
• Tallin Estonia – Introduction of democratic systems of governance and management in the public service..
• ASPA USA – Research new governance models for public sector bodies.
• Government Office for the East Midlands UK– development of a robust partnership to tackle multiple deprivation in the City of Nottingham.
• Kent Thames-side/University of Greenwich UK – Regional study for the Thames Gateway on social and economic indicators.
• Solihull MBC UK – design and coordination of the restructuring of the delivery model for regeneration in the Borough.
• Blackpool BC UK – Introduce data analysis new performance management systems to focus scarce resources in health, housing, education and social services to tackle deprivation.

 Locations and settings of recent work

• Australia
• New Zealand (Auckland)
• United Kingdom
• France
• Germany
• Denmark
• Spain
• United States

Current and recent positions and affiliations

• Director of DICE Consultants, DICE Group (2001 to date)
• Research Associate RMIT University Melbourne (2002 to date)
• Governor Rose Bruford College, University of Manchester (2003 to date)
• Director Rochester Cathedral Enterprises ((2000 to date)
• Council Member University of Greenwich (1995 to 2000)
• Chief Executive Dartford Borough Council (1989 t0 2000)
• Director Kent Thames-side Development Agency (1991 – 2000)
• Strategic Director London Borough of Lewisham (1982 t0 1989)
• Member of the PASCAL Advisory Board (2002 to date)
• Advisor to HMC

Formal qualifications, recognition and publications

• BSc hons, MA
• Ceng FICE FRSA
• KSt G Hungary
• Honorary Canon in the Church of England
• Many papers, book chapters and journal articles in the fields of regeneration, social inclusion, governance, evidence based policy and integrated solutions to tackling deprivation. Published in Europe, Australia and the USA

History

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