Police Modernisation Director joins Northgate to transform public services
Monday, 04 October, 2010
Northgate Public Services today announces the appointment of Gary Headland to the new post of Director of Transformation for Public Safety as the company steps up its response to the challenges posed by the age of austerity.
Gary's appointment takes effect from November 1st 2010, days after the Comprehensive Spending Review. He will be responsible for spearheading Northgate's central and local transformation partnership work across the public sector with particular emphasis on criminal justice, health and social care.
The company has developed an innovative risk-reward approach, hugely popular with local councils, focused on performance enhancement and delivering efficiencies, where all fees come out of guaranteed cashable savings. It believes that this model could be widely applied throughout public services.
Gary joins Northgate from Norfolk Constabulary where he is currently the Director of Performance and Modernisation. His appointment underlines Northgate's commitment to supporting its public services partners to develop an innovative approach to providing better services for less.
Ian Blackhurst, Managing Director, Public Safety, Northgate Public Services, said today: "We are delighted that Gary is joining us. We are serious about transformation and Gary is a serious player. He has helped Norfolk Constabulary to deliver exceptional performance while driving down costs through radical changes to the delivery of policing, customer service and resource management.
"This appointment comes at a pivotal time for public services where new partnerships must be forged to make change work for the benefit of the public, the services themselves, and the taxpayer. I am confident that the depth and breadth of Gary's experience will be of invaluable inspiration and assistance to our partners as we collaborate with them to deliver an innovative approach to transformational change."
Gary Headland, added: "While the challenges facing the public sector are greater now than at any time in recent history, so too are the opportunities for innovation, new ways of working and inspirational leadership. We have to foster a positive relationship between the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in which a culture of collaboration, quality and genuine value for money can flourish. I am proud to be joining Northgate and excited by the prospect of working with public services leaders to transform the quality of services provided to the public while also reducing the cost of delivery."
