David Oates Email & Phone Number

• Track record of achievement at a senior leadership level• Significant experience of leading improvement and delivering large scale projects• Have successfully initiated and driven cultural and organisational change utilising lean systems thinking and other approaches• Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills• Robust financial and operational management • Inclusive style working across departmental and organisational boundaries • Excellent communication skills with a variety of audiences including elected Members, Chief Officers, staff, stakeholders, and at public and professional meetings• Ability to build strong networks focused on outcomes• Good knowledge of management and legal frameworks across local government and the public sector• Educated to degree level, and with professional qualification from the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation • A record of transforming services and exhibiting drive, determination and focus in doing so, gaining credibility and respect in all previous and current roles.

Listed skills include Public Sector, Local Government, Project Delivery, Change Management, and 8 others.