Gary Cook Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Lloyds Banking Group is a leading UK based financial services group providing a wide range of banking and financial services, focused on personal and commercial customers. We are the largest retail and commercial bank in the UK, with over 25 million customers in all parts of the UK.I lead the development and delivery of public policy on behalf of Lloyds.

London, England, United Kingdom

The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles is joint Government unit at the intersection of the transport, energy and auto sectors. Our mission is to de-carbonise UK transport, reducing our impact on the climate, improving air quality, and supporting a thriving UK auto sector. We set the strategy, policy and delivery frameworks to achieve this mission, including.

London, United Kingdom

• Set up a new team established to deliver the Secretary of State’s commitment for the UK to be an international leader in consumer health tech. Leveraged £3bn of private sector investment from a government contribution.
• Delivered £120m of transformation funding to establish a commercial partnership between the Government and life sciences sector to embed the latest DNA analysis technology in the NHS. This included setting up a new.
• Developed the business case and secured financial support for establishing a new digital innovation centre in the NHS, to harness the potential of data to support research. Recruited the leadership team, grew the.
• Consistently rated in top 10% of high potential senior civil servants and achieved grade after only 6 years rather than the usual 10 - 12.

London, United Kingdom

• Established a new team working directly to the Home Secretary to deliver a wide range of policy, operational, sustainability, climate and ESG transformation projects across the full breadth of the Home Office’s 30,000.
• Key highlights were projects dedicated to reforming Government policy on financial services risks from illicit finance resulting in a tightening of the appropriate regulations; and, working directly with the large.
• Built extensive knowledge of how to deliver transformation projects internationally. Two key highlights were successfully negotiating the Sandhurst Treaty with the French Government, the first Anglo-Franco border.
• Consistently rated in top 10% of high performing civil servants and promoted twice in four years.

London, United Kingdom

As Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, I act as the channel of communication between the Secretary of State and the Government, including across Downing Street, Cabinet and the wider department.I inform and advise the Secretary of State on constitutional, governmental and policy matters relating to energy and climate.

London, United Kingdom

As the Key Investment Strategy Manager in the Venture Capital Unit, I was responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the strategy that addresses the contemporary challenge faced by UK high-growth small and medium size enterprises in accessing equity capital in order to fund their development and growth. The strategy can be broken down into 4.

Working on Foresight projects that aim to inform government policy and strategy, and to improve how science is used in Government and by society, has involved developing an acute strategic awareness to continuously utilise the latest scientific research within policy. I have had the opportunity to manage and deliver on a number of key tasks, taking.

• As an American Express Graduate, I had a responsibility to deliver new and innovative ideas whilst demonstrating my ability to perform a daily role within the organisation. The scheme has given me the opportunity to.
• Delivery of approximately $6 million (U.S.) of web-based technology projects with a focus on the scoping, managing and delivery for each project as well as ensuring regulatory legal and compliance processes are followed.
• Management of teams from 5 – 15 people, depending on the size of the project, including line management for 4 team members.
• Management of the full project lifecycle from conception through to implementation including taking a high level business concept and eliciting explicit and accurate requirements that meet the customer needs.
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management from 8 key international markets and business groups.
• Management and employment of offshore resources based in India in a cross-matrix organisational structure.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Public Policy

Master Of Science (Msc), Information Technology

MSc in Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Information Technology

BSc in Information Technology