We are delighted to announce that Chris Buttress has joined Inner Circle Consulting as Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Lead Associate.

Chris is a highly experienced management consultant with over 35 years’ experience of working with private and public sectors to deliver better strategy, change, improvement and transformation. He specialises in advising local government on complex change and transformation strategy and is a former Partner with PwC, where he led the firm's local government and devolution businesses. He has worked with a range of councils to deliver their LGR ambitions, including Cheshire West & Chester, Durham, Northumberland, Somerset, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Greater Essex and Suffolk.

“The opportunity to work alongside Inner Circle Consulting (ICC) on LGR is genuinely exciting.  The ambition of the team, combined with a bold commitment to innovation and access to some of the best consulting minds in the sector, truly sets ICC apart,” said Chris. “For organisations serious about LGR and looking to do things differently than many of the LGR Programmes in past, this is the team to work with.

Chris Twigg, Chief Executive at ICC, said: “We’re delighted Chris is joining us. As a firm we are determined to help our clients learn the right lessons from past LGR and apply them to the task of building relentlessly reliable and financially sustainable councils from day one. The desire to build new organisations that prevent harm, grow their economies, accelerate housing delivery, and nurture trust and community power must be at the heart of every plan, so it can simultaneously deliver day one delivery assurance and the leadership foundations for future success. The ambition of LGR cannot be delivered if transformation is an afterthought.”

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