Previous speakers - The MJ Future Forum

At The MJ Future Forum, it is our mission to help local government chief executives and directors through informative seminar sessions presented by leading experts from local and central government, think tanks and the private and voluntary sectors.

Below you can see a sample of speakers who delivered inspirational sessions at our 2023 and 2024 events. 

• Paul Johnson Director Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Chris Hopson Chief Strategy Officer NHS England
• Thomas Pope Deputy Chief Economist and Lead on Levelling Up Institute for Government
• Pam Smith Chief Executive Newcastle City Council
• Bayo Dosunmu Chief Executive London Borough of Lambeth
• Mark Greenburgh Employment, Ethics and Governance Adviser Greenburgh & Co Limited
• Rachel McKoy Director of Law and Governance and President-elect London Borough of Hounslow Council and Lawyers in Local Government
• Matt Prosser Chief Executive of Dorset Council President, SOLACE
• Sarah McClinton Director of Health and Adult Services and Deputy Chief Executive & former President of ADASS Royal Borough of Greenwich
• Javed Khan OBE Chair Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board
• Anthony Lewis Director of Interim Management & Executive Search Tile Hill
• Greg Hayes Director of Executive Search Tile Hill
• Jon Ainger Director IMPOWER
• Chris Melia Growth Director Capita
• Jonathan Werran Chief Executive Localis
• Dr Catherine Howe Chief Executive Adur & Worthing Councils
• Justin Galliford Chief Executive Officer Norse Group
• Professor David Healey Managing Director Smart Grid Solutions
• Rufus Grantham Managing Director & Global Head of Retrofit & Built Environment Bankers Without Boundaries
• Colin Macpherson CEO, Places and Communities EQUANS
• Anisa Darr Executive Director of Strategy and Resources London Borough of Barnet
• Claire Hamilton Chief Executive Dacorum Borough Council
• Matt Gladstone Chief Executive Peterborough City Council
• Dr Michael Humann Faculty of Health & Life Sciences The University of Liverpool
• Tom Riordan Chief Executive Leeds City Council
• Sanjay Mackintosh Managing Director Roretti
• Nathan Yeowell Founder and Director Future Governance Forum
• Sally Burlington Director of Policy (People) & Deputy Chief Executive Local Government Association
• Piali das Gupta Strategy Director, London Futures London Councils
• Nadira Hussain Chief Executive Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation (Socitm)
• Sam Smith Director of the Socitm Institute Socitm
• Kurt Frary Head of IT Norfolk County Council
• Jonathan Stephenson Chief Executive Rochford District Council and Brentwood Borough Council
• Paul Pawa Group Strategic Development Director Norse Group
• Natalie Brahma-Pearl Chief Executive Portsmouth City Council
• Patricia Brown MBE Director, Central and Vice-chair, British Property Federation’s Development Committee British Property Federation’s Development Committee
• Mark Bearn Associate Director Tile Hill
• Ben Taylor Senior Consultant EA Technology
• Louise Guthrie Consultant EA Technology
• Jackie Sadek Chair UK Innovation Corridor
• Kate Ashworth Energy Infrastructure Lead West Midlands Combined Authority
• Louise Alter Head of Energy Innovation EQUANS
• Stephen Evans Chief Executive Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead