The Team

Job Title:

General Manager

Description of Role:

• Lead the Lewisham LEP in developing and delivering a number of new School buildings and Services within the Lewisham Schools for the Future programme;
• Work with LEP shareholders and partners to deliver services to the London Borough of Lewisham as required by the LEP business plan; and
• To identify future opportunities for the LEP to deliver services to Lewisham that demonstrate efficiency and value for money.

Background:

Lorna has previously worked for the public and private sectors, leading the delivery of public service contracts to young people, schools, Local Authorities and local communities across nine Local Authority areas.  She has over 20 years experience of operations and cultural, contractual and organisational change management and has lead the implementation and establishment of a new government-funded service for 150,000 young people across four local authority areas. 

Job Title:

ICT Integration Manager

Description of Role:

I want to provide the best ICT solutions and services available to the young people of Lewisham.  I do this by; working with and managing the ICT sub contractor, ensuring that the accepted norms are challenged and that innovation is encouraged, coordinating the various supply chains to ensure that the ICT solutions are integrated into the fabric of the buildings, and the performance management of ongoing service delivery.

Background:

Andy has over 10 years experience in delivering ICT solutions to the public sector.  During his career, as well as previously running internal public sector ICT teams and departments, Andy has worked within the private sector designing and delivering large and complex managed ICT services.  

Job Title:

Operations Manager

Description of Role:

The Building Schools for the Future Programme is all about change – for the better.

It’s not just better buildings, although that is an important stepping stone to creating better places in which to educate and learn, to work, play and bring the community together; only the highest standards will do.  No more will we see poorly equipped, decaying buildings and facilities requiring renewal long before the end of their useful life. No more should we see teachers having to worry about whether their school will be open or functional in adverse weather conditions.

I believe that understanding these fundamental influences is essential to my job. It’s not all about contracts; it’s about working with people. It’s not about disputes: it’s about gaining trust and delivering satisfaction. It’s about creativity and innovation; same challenges, different solutions.

My approach to working with our facilities management partners at Babcock who provide the building and grounds maintenance, cleaning, portering and caretaking is one of support and encouragement rather than control and penalty.

Behind all of this is my responsibility for performance monitoring and measurement; again, the positive is emphasised so that we learn from our experiences, provide benchmarks as a tool for continuous improvement

Background

With a background in commercial property investment and facilities management, John has been involved in Public/Private partnership projects in education, healthcare, defence and civic buildings since 1997.

Job Title:

Project Administrator

Description of Role:

Background

Jo has been providing office support for the Lewisham BSF Project for Learning21 and then the LSF LEP since March 2006 and before that she had worked in the Finance and Fitness Industries.

Job Title:

Project Finance Manager 

Description of Role:

I do this by co-ordinating all the financial and funding requirements over the life of each project, and by ensuring value for money and continual improvement is achieved for each project.

Background

Pierre has been involved in PFI since 2004 principally within the education sector, but also with light rail and social housing experience. He is a chartered accountant with extensive experience within the construction and engineering sector.

Job Title:

Commercial Manager

Description of Role:

• Develop relationships between supply chain members and stakeholders, ensuring that a truly integrated solution is delivered.
• To drive and deliver Value for Money solutions that underpin the Stakeholders aspirations.
• To lead commercial issues with regard new project development, and to advise on the construction delivery of high quality schools.

Background