Over 100 public sector leaders came together to discuss how they could deliver the Government's missions as well as rebuild trust in the public sector.
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.
