Public Finance has announced the winners of the 2009 Future Leaders competition, recognising ten outstanding potential leaders in public sector financial management.
The winners come from all parts of the public services and will be presented with their awards by CIPFA president Roger Latham at a ceremony on October 1. They were chosen for their leadership skills and for their potential to rise to the top of their careers.
Chair of the judging panel Adrian Pulham said that the Future Leaders all had the ‘right stuff’ to progress to very senior roles. ‘Our winners have enthusiasm, commitment and a determination to succeed,’ he said. ‘They lead by example and have the people skills as well as the technical know-how.’
The Future Leaders initiative, now in its second year, is organised by PF and CIPFA in association with Hays Accountancy & Finance.
Pulham, CIPFA’s director of education and training, said that strong leaders would be required as the public sector learned to deal with a funding slowdown. ‘In the new era of austerity, public sector finance managers will need a different skill-set. They will have to prove that every penny is spent appropriately and efficiently.’
The other members of the judging panel were: Roger Latham; Jaki Meekings, CIPFA vice president; John Butler, past CIPFA president; Nick Jackson, Treasury head of finance professionalism; Jon Roberts, a partner at Grant Thornton; Judith Savage, chair of CIPFA’s National Student Forum; Andy Robling, public services director, Hays Accountancy & Finance; and Mike Thatcher, editor, Public Finance.
The Leaders
Heidi Adcock, deputy director, finance accounting division, Department for Children, Schools and Families
Beth Baines, accountancy manager, South Northamptonshire Council
Michael Brodie, assistant director of finance, NHS Business Services Authority
Katy Elstrup, senior manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Shaheda Mulla, financial policy officer, London Borough of Hounslow
Andrew Pattison, acting head of finance (housing and adult social care), London Borough of Camden
Louise Posocco, head of corporate planning & business analysis, RNID
Jon Rowney, finance manager, strategy & resources, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Lisa Scholes, corporate IT assistant reporting manager, Department for Work & Pensions
Jayne Stephenson, directorate finance manager, Trafford council
Details on the winners will be included in a special supplement with the October 30 issue of Public Finance
The winners come from all parts of the public services and will be presented with their awards by CIPFA president Roger Latham at a ceremony on October 1. They were chosen for their leadership skills and for their potential to rise to the top of their careers.
Chair of the judging panel Adrian Pulham said that the Future Leaders all had the ‘right stuff’ to progress to very senior roles. ‘Our winners have enthusiasm, commitment and a determination to succeed,’ he said. ‘They lead by example and have the people skills as well as the technical know-how.’
The Future Leaders initiative, now in its second year, is organised by PF and CIPFA in association with Hays Accountancy & Finance.
Pulham, CIPFA’s director of education and training, said that strong leaders would be required as the public sector learned to deal with a funding slowdown. ‘In the new era of austerity, public sector finance managers will need a different skill-set. They will have to prove that every penny is spent appropriately and efficiently.’
The other members of the judging panel were: Roger Latham; Jaki Meekings, CIPFA vice president; John Butler, past CIPFA president; Nick Jackson, Treasury head of finance professionalism; Jon Roberts, a partner at Grant Thornton; Judith Savage, chair of CIPFA’s National Student Forum; Andy Robling, public services director, Hays Accountancy & Finance; and Mike Thatcher, editor, Public Finance.
The Leaders
Heidi Adcock, deputy director, finance accounting division, Department for Children, Schools and Families
Beth Baines, accountancy manager, South Northamptonshire Council
Michael Brodie, assistant director of finance, NHS Business Services Authority
Katy Elstrup, senior manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Shaheda Mulla, financial policy officer, London Borough of Hounslow
Andrew Pattison, acting head of finance (housing and adult social care), London Borough of Camden
Louise Posocco, head of corporate planning & business analysis, RNID
Jon Rowney, finance manager, strategy & resources, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Lisa Scholes, corporate IT assistant reporting manager, Department for Work & Pensions
Jayne Stephenson, directorate finance manager, Trafford council
Details on the winners will be included in a special supplement with the October 30 issue of Public Finance
