Paul Waller, Cabinet Office

 Note Venue - Civil Service Club, 13/15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

Paul will describe a programme of work that he led from within local government that created a range of new public services to disadvantaged groups, through applying the transformative power of information and communications technology. Out of the work came reusable tools for innovation and service transformation, and live, sustainable, services.

Paul Waller is a Cabinet Office senior civil servant responsible for supporting the Government’s Head of the IT Profession and the IT Profession Board in developing and delivering the ICT Capability Strategy for government. His team also provides services and support to the IT Profession, including managing recruitment into the Technology in Business Fast Stream.

Up to April 2011, Paul spent five years on secondment to the City of London. There, he directed the Delivery Innovation Team, which delivered a programme within the local government sector to transform front line public services to challenging and disadvantaged groups through the innovative use of ICT. Before that, in the Cabinet Office, he led e-Government work for the UK Presidency of the EU, including the development of European policy, and hosting the Manchester ‘Transforming Public Services’ conference. He was previously Director of Business Operations for the e-Government Unit (eGU). He has held a number of policy posts, notably being responsible for e-Democracy.

He started his career in the telecommunications industry, moving on to be an IT industry analyst and managing director of an international IT consulting company prior to joining the UK Civil Service. In Government, he has held a number of IT-related policy and strategy posts including being head of IT Management in the former Department of Transport, and leading the Government's Year 2000 policy. He has a first degree in mathematics and postgraduate qualifications in statistics and in management. He is a Chartered Manager, and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He is a Gateway Reviewer for high-risk projects and a Starting Gate Review Team Leader.

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Cilla Freud 

Changes in Nursing over the past 40 years and how these have affected not only the care of patients but also the role of the nurse.

Cilla Freud worked as a nurse in the community and the acute sector from the late 1960's until she retired 4 years ago. Since then she has been using her expertise in patient and public involvement, working closely with Camden NHS (PCT) to produce service specifications with a patient point of view.

She is presently a member of the Local Involvement Network in Camden (CLINk) and on the Camden Clinical Commissioning Board as a patient representative. Her passion is that patients and their carers get a say in any changes in the health and social care system that may affect them.

 Note Venue - Civil Service Club, 13/15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

CSNet members free, CMI members £10, Non-members £15

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Steve O'Leary OBE, Director International Services, UKTI

Steve O'Leary is Director, Infrastructure and Low Carbon in the Sectors Group of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), responsible for:
High Value Opportunities Scheme (matching major overseas trade opportunities to UK based suppliers); international low carbon strategy and trade development opportunities for environment and water infrastructure, construction, sports and leisure, and transport infrastructure.

Steve O'Leary has worked in UKTI since 2007 on inward investment, including in R&D, and on specific trade opportunities. Previously Steve was Acting Director of the Modernising Public Services Group, Cabinet Office. From 1972 to 1998 - he worked in the Department(s) of Trade and Industry on a variety of issues, including various machinery sectors, trade relations with South East European countries and the development of the European Single Market. Between 1983 and 1990, Steve worked in Brussels, on secondment to the European Commission and then in the UK Representation to the EU.

 Note Venue - Civil Service Club, 13/15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

CSNet members free, CMI members £10, Non-members £15

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 No Meeting due to Easter week

Ray Long FBCS CITP CEng, Director, Business Tax Change, HMRC

Ray is a Director, Major Projects at the Office of Government Commerce where he leads in-depth assessments of major programmes and projects across government for the Treasury’s Major Projects Review Group, as well as providing other forms of support to government departments.

Note Venue - Civil Service Club, 13/15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

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John Houghton will talk about his own experiences as the Energy Manager of the University of Hertfordshire, looking at some of the important issues that the University has faced and how it has tackled them.  He will also look to the future and talk about some further projects that are being considered.

 Note Venue - Civil Service Club, 13/15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

CSNet members free, CMI members £10, Non-members £15

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