| Name | Bob Saunders | |
| Position | Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Governance Sub-Committee | |
| Qualifications | 1971 Bsc Zoology (London University) 1974 Bsc Environmental Health (Aston University) 1974 CIEH Professional Qualification – Public Health 2006 PRINCE 2 Project Management (Registered Practitioner) |
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| Experience | Early development of Health Education Programmes within the Borough in partnership with the then Local Health Authority. This included formation of the Coronary Heart Disease Group and the initial Borough Health Strategy (1992).• Leading the review and redirection of the Youth Service including the development of the Young Persons Strategy and a partnership approach to delivery in neighbourhoods.• Taking a key role in the development of the Council’s Arms Length Management organisation and adoption of the Lead Client Role. Promoting and developing the Council’s customer focused approach and taking the ‘Customer Champion’ role on the Corporate Management Team.
• Leading the review and redirection of the Homelessness Service including development of the Homelessness Strategy and formation of a co-ordinated multi-agency Homelessness Forum which I chaired for five years. • At a regional level, Bob was Chairman of The Greater Manchester Directors of Environmental Health and nationally a professional adviser to the Local Government Association. • Bob was Project Director for Wigan Joint Service Centre, which is a multiagency base for improving access to a range of Public Sector services, including the redevelopment of Wigan Baths and Library. |
