Sharon is an experienced Managing Consultant and Programme Director with over 21 years of public sector experience, specialising in business transformation, delivering financial savings for troubled councils and working across the public sector, including working on the end to end LGR Programme in Northamptonshire and the business case evaluation, planning and design of the LGR Cumbria Programme. Sharon has a proven track record for delivering high profile work at pace within complex environments, are highly political and enabled significant deliverables within tight deadlines. Sharon helps organisations achieve desired outcomes by leading them through change with a pragmatic style and a collaborative approach. Sharon is a Master NLP Practitioner which supports her coaching and mentoring style when working with clients.

Anna is a former Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Adult services, with over 38 years local government sector experience across a range of services. Anna was the first Chief Executive of West Northants Council, the 5th biggest unitary Council in the Country, which was formed in 2021 following local Government reorganisation in Northamptonshire. Throughout LGR, Anna was the lead Service Director for the County whilst being the Deputy Chief Executive and former DASS and was also the Adults Social Care lead for the Association of County Chief Executives (ACCE) in 2025. Anna is a Local Government Improvement advisor supporting Improvement boards and plans for Councils with her focus being Adults and Children’s services and challenges

Paul has a deep understanding and approach to programme leadership, predicated on 30 years knowledge and experience in local authorities at a senior operational and strategic level, delivering services across the full range of council functions. These included Children’s and Adult’s Social Care, Education services and Environmental Services in Unitary and County structures. Paul now provides expert and experienced input and analysis of the key components in LGR planning and delivery, covering strategy, governance, leadership, programme structuring, benefits realisation, cost control and reporting to senior stakeholders and Government.

Jeremy brings over thirty years of expertise in leading services and steering transformation within a diverse range of sectors, including privatised former local government, civil service, local government, primary care, and higher education. Holding Prince2, P3O, Management of Risk and Management of Portfolios certifications, Jeremy specialises in PMO, governance and reporting and has a strong interest in use of digital systems to improve monitoring and reporting. Leading the Transformation PMO in Northamptonshire’s LGR programme, Jeremy developed the governance and reporting structure to senior management and to elected members and leaders for the post-COVID era, delivered the “Day 1” programme and procured the digital project management system for both the new unitary councils. After Vesting Day, Jeremy led the Transformation PMO in North Northants Council, adopting a “clean sheet of paper” digital-first approach to governance and reporting to senior management and elected members, pioneering the use of MS Teams across the organisation. Under alternating annual responsibility between the new unitary councils, Jeremy also successfully planned and led the governance of North Northants Council’s cycle of the feeder boards to the Shared Services Joint Committee. Jeremy has briefly supported some of Northamptonshire’s GP Practices with operational service delivery of additional appointment capacity through the year, and mobilising further respiratory hubs in winter, after which he moved to the University of Northampton where he established the Change and Transformation Office, creating its governance, systems and processes. Jeremy’s unique blend of skills, encompassing both direct service delivery and transformation, positions him as an effective leader in driving sustainable, customer-focused change.