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Eskil Chair awarded MBE

Former local government CEO receives MBE in Queen’s New Year’s honours

 WARWICK, UK, December  29, 2017 – the chair of the international boardroom development company, Eskil (https://eskil.co) has been recognised for her services to local government in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

Sue Smith is Chair of Eskil, and Graven Hill Development Company, Chair, Vice President of the Confederation of Chinese Business (U.K), and Non-Executive Director, Swim England

Sue Smith began her career in local government as a recreation assistant at Anglesey Borough Council in 1979 and moved up the ranks across four other councils before leaving her post as chief executive of Harborough District Council in 2011 to become the first joint chief executive of Cherwell District and South Northamptonshire Councils.

As the first joint chief executive for both councils, Sue oversaw the biggest transformation of local government in Cherwell and South Northamptonshire since the 1970s.

Soon after she was appointed she was central to the expansion of the shared services model which cut out duplication between the two councils and has saved millions of pounds each year.

In South Northamptonshire she oversaw the planning of housing expansion in Brackley and Towcester to help meet the national housing shortage, the development of the Silverstone Masterplan, the regeneration of Moat Lane in Towcester and the construction of a new community building with a new library and council offices.

In Cherwell, Sue presided over the growth of Bicester as an Eco Town and saw it awarded Healthy New Town Status in 2016. She was also instrumental in the evolution of the Graven Hill development in Bicester, the UK’s largest self and custom build development, of which she continues to be chair.

About Eskil

With an emphasis on organizational health, Eskil is an international boardroom development company, specialising in governance, compliance, ethics, strategy, leadership capability, boardroom dynamics and wider organization transformation / development.

Using their Eskil PGCE® methodology, the organization engages with public and private sector organisations on four continents:

  • Projects – assigned by boards or board members to work on discrete projects.  This also extends into senior support of business-critical programs.
  • Guidance – with a strong foundation in business psychology, Eskil provides executive coaching, mentoring and critical friendship to board members, senior leadership teams in senior management teams.
  • Consultancy – working on behalf of boards and board members in such areas as policy, audit, and review.
  • Education – delivery of seminars, briefing sessions and broader learning & development in leadership, board dynamics, collaboration, strategy, intrapreneurship and more.

Facilitators within Eskil’s network are former CEOs / Directors for $50m+ organizations or leadership experts.  The majority of the facilitators are multi-lingual and have a background in applied business psychology.

Contact Information

For further information about Eskil:

Contact: Neil Fogarty
Tel.: +44.1926.497.211
Cell: +44.7592.350.946
Email: nfogarty@eskil.co
Website: eskil.co