Sir Steve Bullock DL
Steve now chairs both the Sutton Housing Partnership which looks after The London Borough of Sutton’s social housing stock and Sutton Living Limited which is developing affordable housing. In 2023 Steve was appointed as chair of Sapphire Housing Association which provides supported housing. He continues to work with the LGA on improvement projects and is an Independent External Member for “Leadership” of the London Borough of Tower Hamlet’s Transformation Advisory Board.
He was born in Redcar and spends part of his time in East Cleveland area where he is a board member of the East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust and Saltburn Folk Festival.
Mark Edgell
Helen Edwards
Helen is a pragmatic and effective leader with significant experience of leading a diverse range of services and has achieved notable success in improving the performance of her teams.
She is a past President of Lawyers in Local Government and is also a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Adele Gritten
Local Partnerships was founded to deliver value and efficacy for the public purse. As a key interface between local and central government, the company provides expert advice and practical resources alongside project and programme delivery support, enabling public services to thrive.
Whether supporting and accelerating the delivery of major infrastructure, tackling climate challenges through waste efficiency and renewable energy propositions through to wider place-making initiatives, Local Partnerships helps transform services across the public sector ecosystem.
An experienced NED and Executive Board member , Adele has recently completed a four-year term as a non-executive director of S4C, the Welsh language Public Service Broadcaster. She was appointed by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport into the role in January 2021. As well as being a main board member, she Chaired the People and Remuneration Committee and sat on the Audit & Risk and Commercial Boards. Adele has recently been appointed a NED of the Housing and Finance Institute.
For over 20 years prior to joining the public sector in 2019, Adele worked in senior management roles for a range of professional services consultancies including YouGov, where she launched and oversaw the commercial consulting arm of the business. Adele also served as European managing director of research firm Lieberman Research Worldwide, and as UK managing director of Future Thinking, now a Savanta owned company. Her C-suite roles have included M&A, specifically supporting due diligence activity and preparing companies for exit on behalf of VC backers.
Adele holds an MA in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University.
Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling DBE
Dame Amanda served as Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase from 2015 to 2024, during which time she held multiple ministerial and leadership roles as a Government Minister, including attending Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio.
Prior to Parliament, Dame Amanda served as a local councillor and had a successful career in market research and consultancy as a Director at Optimisa Research (formerly Quaestor Research and Marketing Strategists) specialising in strategic insights and financial services.
Rob Whiteman CBE
Rob currently chairs improvement boards for Newham and Southampton councils and advises MHCLG on improvement.
He is a board member of National Highways and Treasurer of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).