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Leaders come together at National Leadership Forum 2024

Some 80 public sector leaders came together to discuss how they could deliver the Government’s missions as well as rebuild trust in the public sector.

Georgia Gould OBE MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, Georgia Gould OBE MP, pictured, gave a keynote address to the National Leadership Forum whose audience included: 

  • CEOs of NHS trusts, arms length bodies and local authorities

  • Vice-chancellors of universities

  • Principals of further education colleges and multi academy trusts

  • Chief constables and deputy chief fire officers, and 

  • Civil Service Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals. 

Line-up of speakers

The event kicked off with a welcome from Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM, chair of the Leadership College For Government’s advisory board. Other speakers included:

  • Simon Case CVO, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service

  • Jonathan Mills, CB Director General and Mission Lead for Clean Energy, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

  • Professor Dame Janet Beer DBE, Leadership College Advisory Board

  • Dr Jo Farrar, CB OBE, CEO at National Blood and Transplant

  • Tunde Olayinka, Executive Director for Communities and Skills, Greater London Authority

  • Gavin Stephens, QPM, Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

  • James Bowler, CB, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, and

  • Jessica Glover, Director General and Mission Lead for Growth and Productivity at HM Treasury

Forging a common purpose

Dr Sam Parrett, CBE, CEO and Group Principal of London South East Colleges, and Salma Yasmeen, CEO of Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, were hosts for the event.

Among the delegates was Andrew Lewis, CEO of Liverpool City Council. He said:

Delivering the national missions requires a strong sense of common purpose and mutual understanding across the public sector and beyond.  The National Leadership Forum is a unique opportunity to forge that common purpose, and help us all deliver more effectively for the citizens we serve.

Read Minister Georgia Gould’s speech here.

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Published 22 November 2024