Simon Riggs

Tutu is a business strategist and leadership coach. She has over 20 years of strategic leadership and management experience including working with public sector procurers and commissioners to support equitable approaches to commissioning small and minoritised enterprises.

Rachel is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing and a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 20 years’ clinical experience. She is also a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and has five years’ experience in higher education. Rachel teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate mental health nursing programmes, contributing to leadership education at BSc and MSc level.

Chris has over 24 years’ experience working across the public and voluntary sector in the fields of health and social care, commissioning and community development. He is passionate about self-directed support and finding ways to make commissioning systems more personalised.

Amy is a qualified social worker who has had a range of management experience working in local authority children’s services and the charity sector, varying from youth justice, child sexual exploitation and child protection to managing early help services and commissioning.

Beverley recently retired from her role as Associate Director for Practice and System Impact at the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. She is a recognised social work thought leader with over 30 years’ experience across practice, policy, and system reform.

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.

Narinder has significant operational and strategic experience working in the Public Sector including roles within Social Care, Education and Scrutiny. Prior to joining IPC, Narinder was the Head of Strategic Commissioning at Birmingham Children’s Trust undertaking needs analysis, Sufficiency Planning and developing commissioning intentions for a range of children’s support services.

Sarah is a solution-focused professional with considerable experience of health and social care commissioning in both NHS and local government. Sarah has delivered commissioning functions including procurement, performance management and service improvement, system review, needs analysis and transformation.