Mark Upton Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Policy lead on decumulation, saver communications and engagement, pension transfers and scams.

Analysing political and policy developments, and explaining these to LGIU members. Focusing on children and family services, education, employment and skills. Recent examples include the impact on labour markets and on youth unemployment from the Covid-19 pandemic; devolution of adult further education; race disparities in education outcomes and a review.

London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Advising on the policy and legislative options for restricting the trade and sale in animal food products successfully securing a legislative slot in the Queens Speech. Development of legislative strategy and policy, drafting of policy instruction for lawyers, overseeing impact assessments and drafting risk assessments including on World Trade Organisation.

London, United Kingdom

Shaw Trust Group (incorporating Shaw Trust, Prospects, Ixion and Shaw Education Trust).Advising on business growth, and actioning growth projects for our justice business, and in particular on future market opportunities including in probation and offender rehabilitation.

I led the group-wide public affairs function, reporting directly to the CEO, involving: - Helping to identify and address new market and long-term business growth opportunities.- Assisting the executive leadership team to understand the threats and opportunities arising from social, economic and political issues and trends and developing strategies to.

London, United Kingdom

Providing policy and public affairs advice and support to public, private and third sector organisations.

London, United Kingdom

The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) is an award winning think tank and membership organisation. I was part of a team of policy experts providing policy analysis, learning and development, events and conferences, consultancy and other resources to LGIU members and other organisations. In my time at LGIU I focused on two areas:- Analysing political.

London, United Kingdom

A member of the corporate strategy team tasked to work flexibly across the organisation, challenge conventional thinking and bring project management disciplines to bear to priority projects. My main achievements included:- Leading a programme of intelligence gathering, policy analysis and dissemination activity helping the Department to prepare for the.

London, United Kingdom

Policy lead on public service reform including commissioning, contestability and user choice: developing the policy narrative, objectives and evidence base; horizon scanning developments; stakeholder management; drafting guidance and policy papers; and representing the department at a variety of forums. Also wider inter-departmental liaison role for.

London, United Kingdom

Overseeing the delivery of two of the Government's targets on local government performance and its cost effectiveness. Putting in place an evidential framework supporting the repositioning the improvement and efficiency delivery chain.

London, United Kingdom

Providing programme management oversight for the £350m investment to encourage local government services to become electronically enabled. Overseeing the development and publication of a strategy within four months of appointment and, subsequently securing an additional £180m of investment.

London, United Kingdom

Policy lead on public-public and public-private partnerships. Securing legislative change to improve partnership working, conceived and established the Strategic Partnering Taskforce, co-authored PFI guidance for local government and commissioned the Byatt review into the state of local government procurement.

Part of the client-side for the High Speed One (Channel Tunnel Rail Link) project including stakeholder relationship management with local planning authorities.