(PhD)
Helen is the Chief Executive at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council.
A former Head Teacher, she was previously a director in Solihull Council, Executive Director of Children’s Services and then Strategic Director for Transformation at Sunderland Council, and Chief Executive of Wrexham County Borough Council.
Helen is currently Secretary of the Association of Black Country Authorities and Black Country Executive Joint Committee and Chairman of West Midlands Metropolitan Chief Executives Group.
She has been influential in shaping innovative practice nationally in England and Wales particularly within business transformation, digital enabling, governance arrangements, regeneration, alternative delivery models, social care, and health and education.