Wig.co.uk

Our Patrons & Board

Who we are

The diversity of WIG’s Patrons and Trustees represents the breadth of WIG’s offering to major public and private sector organisations. Their input is invaluable as their ideas, connections and commitment to the benefits of cross-sector learning drive our activities from strength to strength.

WIG’s Patrons

John Cridland CBE
Director-General, Confederation of British Industry
Martin Donnelly CMG Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Carolyn Downs CB Chief Executive, Local Government Association
Simon Fraser CMG
Permanent Under Secretary, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dame Helen Ghosh DCB
Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Sir Nicholas Macpherson KCB
Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury
Sir Gus O’Donnell GCB
Former Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Home Civil Service
Sir John Parker
Chairman, National Grid and Anglo American
Sir Michael Rake KB Chairman, BT Group plc
John Ransford CBE
Chief Executive, Local Government Association
Robert Swannell
Chairman, Marks & Spencer plc
Dianne Thompson CBE
Chief Executive, Camelot Group plc

WIG’s Board of Trustees

Miller McLean
Chairman, Adam & Company Group plc (Chairman of WIG)
Ursula Brennan
Permanent Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
Keith Brown
Managing Director, De La Rue Currency
James Close
Partner, Government Services, Ernst & Young
Helen Dudley CBE
Director of Leadership & Talent Management,
Cabinet Office
Patrick Kerr
Director, Corporate Communications, Reed Elsevier Group plc
Shirley Pointer
Director - People, Capability & Change, Department for Communities and Local Government
Catherine Raines Director of Place and Deputy Chief Executive, Staffordshire County Council
Richard Thomas CBE
Chairman, Administrative Justice & Tribunals Council
Nigel Whitehead
Group Managing Director - Programmes and Support, BAE SYSTEMS plc
Rosa Wilkinson
Innovation Director, Intellectual Property Office