LGcomms, the national body made up of an association of authorities that works to raise the standard of communications in local government, today announced its new leadership team, following the adoption of a new constitution at its executive committee meeting.

The new constitution turns LGcomms into a company limited by guarantee, without share capital.

It also creates a new leadership body, of which Simon Jones is chair. For the first time there will also be an executive director, Francis Ingham, director general of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). This change follows the decision to enter into a management contract with the PRCA and the Local Government Association (LGA).

The committee officers:

Chair: Simon Jones

Vice-chair: Emma Rodgers

National Secretary: Andy Allsopp

Treasurer: Ben Knowles

Executive Director: Francis Ingham

 

The committee members:

Phil Avery

Caroline Bamber

Shirah Bamber

Andy Carter

Eddie Coates-Madden

Natalie Corney

Andreas Christoporou

Marcus Chrysostomou

Danielle Clayton

Hannah Club

Lindsay Coulson

Claire Foale

Mark Ford

Eddie Gibb

Andrew Hadfield

Carl Holloway

Adam Keating

Shelley Kipling

Alix Macfarlane

Alex Mills

Cristian Marcucci

Mark Miller

Matt Nicholls

Eleri Roberts

Phil Scullion

Stuart Tarbuck

Nick Thompson

Jones says, "Our partnership with the PRCA and LGA will take LGcomms to a new level, helping us to raise the bar for local government communications."

Ingham adds, “This new leadership structure will allow LGcomms to deliver even greater insight and even more services to the local government PR sector. LGcomms’ link up with the PRCA and ICCO allows us to marry its sector-specific knowledge with our deep understanding of what’s happening in the broader UK and global PR and communications industry. Having worked in local government as a political adviser; having been a councillor; and having served on the LGA Reputation Taskforce, I have a personal commitment in its success that makes me delighted to be named as the executive director of LGcomms.”