Ed Garcez Email & Phone Number

I am a senior executive director with experience of leading corporate services. I have a professional background in change and transformation, digital, and ICT. These were a core part of my post graduate degree and since then I have developed my knowledge and experience in these areas in each of my roles. They have been the focus of my career. I bring focus to customers and their needs, and to improving services and operational effectiveness. I work in complex organisations. Councils not only deliver a huge range of services but also have complex governance structures with tensions between elected councillors, the officers responsible for delivery, and varied external stakeholders. Within that complex setting I build effective partnerships with all those stakeholders to set a shared strategy to work towards. I bring people and teams together to develop relationships and cement shared goals, creating the opportunity for real collaboration and joint working. I maintain a strong focus on improving and simplifying things while looking for win-win opportunities. I am a trustee at the Stroke Association and have been recognised as one of the top-100 UK Chief Information Officers.

Listed skills include Strategy, Change Management, Business Transformation, Business Process, and 35 others.