Micah Gold - David Winchurch - Associate Director

David Winchurch - Associate Director

David is a former Chief Executive of a metropolitan district council in the West Midlands and district councils in the midlands and southwest. He has been operating as a freelance management consultant in the public sector for over five years. He is a national adviser to the DCLG on neighbourhood renewal, and in that capacity is an ‘Assignment Manager’ to Local Strategic Partnerships considered by the DCLG and Government Offices as requiring support in order to improve their performance. He is also ‘Lead Adviser’ to Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders and is currently advising county and district authorities on aspects of their development of Local Area Agreements.

In addition he has:

Delivered a programme of workshops on partnership working to public sector agencies through the University of London.
Worked on a wide range of change and improvement programmes as a Senior Associate of SOLACE Enterprises, and a member of the Improvement and Development Agency’s Performance Support Network.
Facilitated a number of best value reviews and advised on Gershon type joint procurement approaches to service provision.
Provided senior management and partnership working perspectives on a number of elected member development and training programmes.

David has been and remains independent chair of a Member’s Remuneration Panel for a Metropolitan Borough Council in Yorkshire which has undertaken pioneering work in linking remuneration with member development and training.

Telephone: 07779 287 224 mail@micahgold.com