Ian is a Cipfa fellow who started his local government finance career in the 1980’s qualifying as an Accounting Technician before studying for Cipfa whilst at Blackpool and Preston City Councils. Ian is delighted to represent the NW region on Cipfa Council having been elected in 2023.
On leaving local government, Ian worked for the DWP before moving into consultancy and has spent the last 20 plus years at several major suppliers providing a variety of solutions and transformational services to the public sector with a significant focus on Local Government back-office enterprise solutions.