Anna Randle

Interim CEO 
arandle@newlocal.org.uk

Anna has experience of both leading thinking about the future of local government and public services and delivering practical change on the ground in places.

Anna started her career at New Local (then the New Local Government Network), which set her on a path along which she has worked on local government reform from multiple perspectives: within local government, central government, think tanks and not-for-profit consultancies. Common threads through all her work have been re-building the relationship between communities and the state, empowering communities and shaping services around people’s lives.

Prior to rejoining New Local, Anna was CEO of Collaborate CIC, where her work included supporting multiple local authorities to build new strategies for change, facilitating cross-sector collaboration across local government, the NHS and the VCSE, and facilitating a leadership programme for council CEOs in partnership with SOLACE. Previously Anna was Head of Policy and Strategy for the London Borough of Lambeth, where she helped lead strategy and innovation with a focus on building new models of collaborative public services, after time as a Special Advisor in two government departments.

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After more than twenty years in South London, Anna now lives in Dorking opposite common land called the Nower, where she organises Nowerfest, a summer music festival raising money for charities supporting young people’s mental health.