• Green Park
  • 4children
  • Cornerstone
  • ADSO
  • weightmans
  • PR TV
  • LG Communications
  • Mazars
  • wraggle
  • Capacity GRID
  • Lawyers in Local Government
  • DAC beachcroft
  • serco
  • local partnerships
  • trading standards institute
  • CIEH
  • ppma
  • LGA
  • Miller Construction
  • Kier Group
  • Socitm

Judges

Best Achieving Council

  • Dr Paul Blantern, Chief Executive - Northamptonshire
  • Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham
  • Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive – LGA
  • Donna Hall, Chief Executive - Wigan
  • Neil Lupin, Senior Partner - Greenpark
  • Dave Smith, Chief Executive - Sunderland

Children's Services

  • Charles Ellis, Deputy Chief Executive - 4Children
  • Jenny Coles, Director of Children's - Safeguarding & Specialist Services, Hertfordshire County Council
  • John Readman, Corporate Director - Adult, Children and Family Services Hull City Council

Community Investor

  • Tim Byles, Chief Executive - Cornerstone
  • Mike Burton, Editorial Director - The MJ
  • Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive - LGA

Democratic Services

  • John Austin Assistant Director, Corporate Governance 
  • Graeme Creer Partner Weightmans
  • Cllr Richard Kemp Councillor Champion

Innovation in Communication

  • Dawn French, Commissioning Director, Corporate Support
  • Ed Gamble, MD – Policy Review TV
  • Cormac Smith, Head of Communications, Basildon Borough Council

Public Private Partnership

  • Gareth Moss, Partnership Director - Serco
  • Andrew Coleman, Corporate Director - Local Partnerships
  • Heather Jameson, Editor - The MJ

Innovation in Social Care

  • Lloyd Clark, Director - CapacityGRID /Liberata UK Ltd
  • Jim Graham, Chief Executive - Warwickshire County Council
  • John Ransford, Former Chief Executive - LGA
  • Kathyrn Rossiter, CEO - Thrive

Innovation in Finance

  • Mark Greenburgh,Partner - Wragge & Co LLP
  • Gareth Davies, Partner Mazars - LLP
  • Paul Dransfield, Corporate Director of Resources - Birmingham City Council
  • Paul Woods, Director of Finance and Resources - Newcastle City Council

Legal Services

  • Judith Barnes, Partner - DAC Beachcroft
  • Mark Hynes, Director of Governance and Democracy ACSeS Adminstration
  • Paul O'Brien, Chief Executive Associate for Public Service Excellence (APSE)
  • Philip McCourt, Past President of the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors (ACSeS), now Lawyers in Local Government (LLG). ACSeS Adminstration

Democratic Services

  • Graeme Creer Partner Weightmans
  • John Austin Assistant Director, Corporate Governance Enfield Council
  • Cllr Richard Kemp Councillor Champion 16 Dovedale Rd

Trading Standards and Environmental Health

  • Leon Livermore, Chief Executive - TSI
  • Graham Jukes, Chief Executive Officer, CIEH
  • Paul Bettison - Local Government Association

Workforce Transformation

  • Nita Clarke, Director of the IPA – Co-Chair of the Employee Engagement Task Force and Vice President (Employment Relations) CIPD
  • Richard Crouch, Director of HR & Organisational Development - Somerset County County Council
  • Dean Royles, Director – NHS Employers

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