Our team
A group of associates, all of whom are names and faces you'll most certainly be familiar with. Each one of us being either current serving senior officers and elected Members, or former senior officers and elected Members. That's what makes our offer to you, totally unique.
Come back regularly to watch our pool of expertise grow....
Rich Wills
Lead Facilitator
Rich is the Managing Director of RWTA Ltd. A training company that has delivered workforce development sessions to over 90% of England's local authorities. Rich is also a former local government officer of over 20 years.
Trevor Holden
Associate - Council CEO
Trevor has been a Local Authority Chief Executive for over 15 years and currently chairs the District Council Network Chief Exec group. He is also the current Managing Director of the merged staff supporting the councils of Broadland and South Norfolk.
Cllr William Nunn
Associate - LGA Peer
William is the former leader of Breckland Distrct Council and current Regional Peer for the East of England Region as well as playing a key role in the LGA’s Leadership Academy which seeks to encourage and develop aspiring councillors. Having previously served as the Chairman of the Improvement and Innovation Board as well as Regional Peer for the West Midlands.
William is widely recognised within local government as an exceptional council leader with a flair for innovation. He has coached and mentored many councillors of all political persuasions, including numerous council leaders, providing encouragement, inspiration and challenge. He has worked to provide support where member/officer relationships were fragile and relationships between the political groups had broken down, giving a clear sense of direction as to how the authority might move forward more positively. William has been a lead peer and has carried out more than 50 LGA Corporate Peer Reviews, he has a charismatic and visionary approach, never being afraid to offer constructive challenge where this is necessary and appropriate.
Cllr Abi Brown OBE
Associate - LGA Peer
Abi Brown juggled coalitions, government intervention, and record-breaking investments during her very unexpected time as a former leader and deputy leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council. With extensive experience of leading in challenging scenarios, as well as also driving improvement, Abi now applies her expertise to help others across a range of sectors linked to local government. This includes chairing the LGA's Innovation and improvement Board since 2022, working with ministers from both the Conservative and Labour governments, as well as directly with leaders, cabinets, senior officers and commissioners to provide support, often across political lines, in councils under pressure.
A committed localist, Abi is a trustee of the Localis think tank and chairs a charitable foundation in her home city. She brings huge external experience of partnership working, including having sat on a range of bodies as varied as Arts Council England's Midlands Council, Midlands Engine, Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire's ICP, and Homes England. Abi received an OBE in the 2024 King's New Years Honours for services to local government (possibly the only time she's ever been speechless).
Dominic Chessum
Associate - Communications Expert
Dominic is a communications and reputation management specialist with more than two decades of experience working in the media, and PR and communications industries.
His specialism is providing communications support to challenged organisations in highly complex, highly regulated sectors including Local Government, NHS, blue light services, and education.
He has developed and delivered the communications for organisations both entering and leaving regulatory support regimes and has led the communications for both large scale change and transformation, and cultural change programmes.
He is a seasoned trainer and delivers both communications and reputation management training to meet clients varying needs.
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