Lambeth Council Chief Executive Andrew Travers is moving to Inner Circle Consulting after five years at the south London Town Hall job, to lead a new ‘Agile Investments’ team that can help councils facing a challenging funding environment to achieve sustainability. 

Travers, whose previous posts include Chief Executive at Barnet Council, has been the Chair of the Chief Executives London Committee and the lead on London’s economic recovery. He will take up position in September 2022 as Director at Inner Circle, a consultancy working across the UK on a range of public sector projects based on reimagining local government services. 

“Agile Investments is about helping Councils and places devise and deliver strategies for financial sustainability, using local assets and potential,” Travers said. 

“ICC is a great fit. We have shared values and deep understanding of the challenges of local government. This is an opportunity to be part of their core vision of being trusted advisors of public services and help build a new collective response that builds capacity for growth and long-term success in a tough landscape.” 

Co-founder of Inner Circle Jamie Ounan said: “We set up our business when austerity measures were first taking grip. Now, with local authority leaders facing still tighter budgets and increasing demand for services, we are ramping up further our innovation for councils. Reaching financial sustainability through new models of place-based growth is vital to every town, city and conurbations strategy.” 

Chris Twigg, Inner Circle co-founder, said: “As we support clients to face the challenge of levelling up, Andrew’s experience in building proactive economic responses with leaders and local stakeholders could not be more important. His years of financial expertise and strategic focus on economic growth and investment make him a key asset and we are excited to work on this mission with him.”

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