Catherine Staite, Director of Organisational Development, Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) University of Birmingham.

Catherine provides consultancy and facilitation to local authorities and their partners, on a wide range of issues including on improving outcomes, efficiency, partnership working, strategic planning and organisational development, including integration of services and functions. She has a particular interest in Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Health and Wellbeing Boards.

Catherine joined INLOGOV from the Office for Public Management (OPM), where she was Director of Organisational Development and Policy. Previous roles include Head of User Focus and Deputy Head of Policy for the Audit Commission and Regional Partnerships and Planning Manager for the Legal Services Commission.

Previous non-executive roles include director of Rampton Hospital, vice-chair of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and member of the Board of Visitors at HMP Hull.