Extensive experience of working with organisations, internationally, nationally, sub-nationally and locally on ‘whole system’, innovative approaches to growth and development, service provision and making things work better and more efficiently for local people.An influential and successful record of addressing key challenges around the cities, devolution, combined authorities, growth and productivity agenda, health and social care integration, expenditure and provision.Building resilience, locality working, social capital also through Troubled Families, Children’s Centres and other programmes considering prevention, early intervention and behaviours, improved customer contact, care pathways, processes and organisational/structural change for impacts on outcomes and resources.International development, growth, planning, regeneration, basic and essential services provision work focussing on strengths-based working, localisation, building all kinds of resilience, sub-national activity, cities, improving systems for service delivery, growth, self-sufficiency, development and ‘peace-conducive economic development’.Ongoing ‘Expert Adviser’ policy work to the UK Prime Minister’s office, Whitehall, the Labour Party (since 2000’s), the London Assembly, independent reviews and global programmes. This has included work across the UK Government on Spending Reviews, also the Lyons Review into Local Government, informing the ‘place shaping’ and economic development agendas. Advised on the scoping, steering and conclusions of the Treasury’s Sub-National Review of Economic Development. Expert evidence contributed to the Number 10 Strategy Unit report on Deprived Areas which called for an economic emphasis in local efforts for regeneration. Advised the Allen Review on Early Intervention.‘Growth Coalitions’ and 'Smart Local Government'Devised the ‘Growth Coalitions’ and ‘Smart Local Government’ project which, through a whole-systems approach identified, created and integrated the synergy between the public service reform, inclusion and growth agendas. The UK government recently commissioned an essay on ‘Growth Coalitions’ to inform their ‘Future of Cities’ Foresight project. This ongoing ‘Growth Coalitions’ work currently influences a number of domestic and global programmes to promote city, sub-national, national and trans-national growth and development, including those addressing the benefit of good public financial management systems. ‘Smart Local Government’ provides a tailored, practical application of ‘Growth Coalitions’ methodologies.