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The Academy is led by an Executive Group, to whom four specialist teams report – Strategy & Communications, Membership Services , Learning & Development, Cross Government Learning & Development. Members of these specialist teams are drawn from experts within the MoJ and cross government.
 Click here for Executive Group Terms of Reference
| Academy Executive Group Member |
Job Role |
Overview of Role |
Website |
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Trevor Williams
Academy Chair |
Director of Offender Management – East of England
Ministry of Justice |
Trevor is the founder and Chair of the Academy. As Director of Offender Management he is accountable for the local performance and delivery of end-to-end offender management in the East of England. |
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David Keegan
Academy Vice Chair |
Director of High Cost Cases,
Legal Services Commission |
David controls the spending £200m per year on the most complex civil and criminal legal aid cases, ranging from Jubilee Line Fraud trial to the legal challenge to require an investigation into the death of Baha Mousa in British Army custody in Iraq. David led the 2007/08 best value tender of £100m worth of work per year on Very High Cost Criminal cases, which involved bids from 500 firms of solicitors and 2,500 barristers. Prior to joining the Legal Aid Board David was an engineer with the Ministry of Defence involved in the contracting and overseeing of nuclear submarines refits with the newly privatised dockyards. |
http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/ |
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Christine Lawrie
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Chief Executive
Probation Association |
The Probation Association is the national employers’ association for the probation service and represent the employers in negotiations with the unions on pay & conditions; their members (the 42 boards and trusts) to Government, MoJ and others and provide information and advice to members on their corporate governance and employer roles. |
http://probationassociation.co.uk/ |
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David Griffiths
Academy Strategy & Communications Lead |
Head of Performance and Regulation
Ministry of Justice |
David has responsibility for strategy for commissioning services to reduce re-offending and protect the public. |
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Dr John Graham
Academy Learning & Development Lead |
Head of Policy & Professional Practice,
NOMS HR Learning & Development
Ministry of Justice |
Having gained extensive experience in the world of education and training, John joined the Home Office in 2002 as the Head of Operational Training for Her Majesty’s Prison Service. Currently with NOMS in the Ministry of Justice, he is responsible for policy, quality and standards for staff learning and development in the Prison Service. |
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Louise Woodford |
Strategic Planning and Performance,
Ministry of Justice |
Louise is the Deputy Director of Change for the Ministry of Justice and has responsibility for Programme, Project and Change Management capability and best practice, Lean and programme / project assurance across MoJ. Louise also oversees the Transforming Justice portfolio and the MoJ Mission Critical portfolio, both of which contain key strategic programmes within the Department. |
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| Michelle Jarman-Howe |
Governor
HMP Highpoint |
Michelle is a founder member of the Academy and has commissioning experience at a regional and national level within the National Offender Management Service. She is currently Governor of HMP Highpoint. |
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/ |
Patsy Northern |
Estates Business Transformation
Ministry of Justice |
Patsy leads a cross govt working group on learning and development looking to raise capability and capacity of commissioning. She is also a member of the Academy Executive Group. Patsy is currently on secondment from the MoJ to East of England Strategic Health Authority focusing on knowledge management to support intelligent commissioning as part of their commercialisation agenda. |
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Peter Johnston |
Head of Enterprise and Procurement,
West Yorkshire Probation Board |
Peter’s role covers both the commissioning of offender /victim services and the providing services under contract to other commissioning/funding bodies. He is also a member of the Probation Chief's Association (PCA) resources sub group. |
http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/ |
| Richard Heys |
Senior Economic Adviser,
Criminal Justice Group,
Ministry of Justice
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Richard is Senior Economist (Prisons and Probation), dealing with analytical issues relating to commissioning. |
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Sarah Acikgoz |
Head of Legal Aid Tendering, Commissioning Directorate / Policy Team
Legal Services Commission |
Sarah is responsible for the development and implementation of effective tendering processes to facilitate the commissioning of over £800m of Legal Aid Services across England and Wales. Working alongside procurement and policy developers, she has helped to introduce a system of eTendering into the LSC to streamline and support more efficient application, evaluation and award processes to the benefit of both the LSC and the provider base. |
http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/ |
| Steve Shaljean-Tilley |
Senior Lecturer
National School of Government |
Steve joined the National School of Government in 1998. He specialises in Contract Management and Customer Relationship issues, negotiation skills and team development and is taking the lead within the National School on issues associated with Commissioning processes and skills development. |
http://www.nationalschool.gov.uk/ |
Tony Challinor |
Head of Commissioning and Competitions,
National Offender Management Service |
Tony is Head of Commissioning and Competitions for the National Offender Management Service, working to the main strategic Board (the Offender Services Competition Board). He provides an interface between NOMS and other Departments, including OGC and CJG; links commissioning and competition processes nationally and regionally; leads on market development activities and provides support to regions on commissioning and public service agreements. Tony also has lead responsibilities on external funding and international business (including Co-Financing) and generation of income through trading. |
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