Phil Hornsby

Associate Consultant

Phil is a senior leader with extensive experience in commissioning across adult and children’s social care, housing and community services. He has held leadership roles in several local authorities, including leading commissioning during the local government reorganisation that created BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) Council in 2019. More recently, he led the development of a Commissioning and Procurement Centre of Excellence as part of the BCP council’s transformation programme, and has supported the LGA as a commissioning peer reviewer.

Phil has led long-term service strategy, aligning resources with evolving needs and the local care market. He brings strong financial oversight with a focus on quality and value, and is a collaborative communicator who builds partnerships and drives service performance.

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Quentin Edwards

Business Manager

Quentin oversees the Institute’s finances, contracts and the administration team. He has a successful track record of managing finance and improving office processes in both large and small organisations.

Dr Caroline Dowson

Senior Consultant

Caroline has over thirty years’ experience in children’s services within local authorities in both strategic and operational roles. Her expertise ranges from early help services through to safeguarding systems as well as managing an early year’s special educational needs team. Holding a PhD, Caroline was Vice Principal of an FE college, and has a background in supporting maintained and independent educational institutions to reduce inequalities.

Philip Provenzano

Associate Consultant

Philip is an experienced manager of complex change programmes and has led a wide range of service re-design projects, often requiring some integration with other organisations. He provides expert, longer-term support relating to health and social care to members of our Academic Partnership programme.

Meilys Smith

Associate Consultant

Meilys brings a background in finance, regulation and systems thinking, alongside many years of senior leadership experience across social care, health and wellbeing, and community development.

Caryl Lewis

Associate Consultant

Caryl is an experienced researcher, undertaking a wide range of social research, evaluation work and training for local, regional and national organisations. An associate consultant with IPC since 2020, Caryl has a background in service transformation, managing change, customer care and complaint investigations in a social care setting. She has 15 years’ experience of working as a senior manager across children and adult social care, community development and implementing the Social Care and Wellbeing Act (Wales) 2014.

Llinos Edwards

Associate Consultant

Llinos is a highly motivated professional with over 25 years’ experience of working in different roles within Criminal Justice and Health and Social Care, spanning Children’s and Adult Services. She is experienced in strategic commissioning, planning and partnership development and is a fluent Welsh speaker.

Alison Tindale

Marketing and Business Development Officer

With deep experience in business-to-business marketing and helping high growth SME’s to deliver at pace, Alison manages our digital presence and brand development.

Neil Ayling

Associate Consultant

Neil is a qualified social worker who has a long history of successful leadership roles in local government and social care. Neil has led many large transformation programmes across adult and children’s services. He has significant experience in Safeguarding, Innovation, Integrated services, Commissioning, Capital Programmes, Housing and Learning Disability Services.

David Jobbins

Associate Consultant

David has over 25 years’ experience working in the NHS at leadership level over a range of portfolios, particularly in change programme leadership, integration, and the commissioning of mental health services.

Di Domenico

Associate Consultant

Di is an experienced commissioner with a deep knowledge and understanding of health and social care system architecture at national, regional and local level.

Di has worked in the NHS and social care and has extensive skills in personalisation, co-production and commissioning.

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