LCS Limited was set up in 1998 by Mick Lowe who had at that time worked in local government for nineteen years. After beginning his local government career in social services he was the Assistant Chief Executive in the London Borough of Sutton and later became a Strategic Director with the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames with responsibility for the Environment portfolio.

LCS has access to an active network of Associate Consultants with skills in the public and not for profit sectors.  We have specialist expertise in change management, corporate strategy, performance improvement, adult social care, equalities and human rights, cultural and leisure services, community safety and regulatory services.

In approaching our commissions, LCS puts a great emphasis on quality and we have consistently delivered on our commitment to deliver high level outcomes on time, every time. We set very high standards for all of our work and ensure that every assignment is led by an appropriately qualified and experienced principal consultant.

Consultant profiles

Mick Lowe, Managing Director, has led extensive programmes of organisational change and performance improvement, is a specialist in performance management systems and business planning and has worked closely with Cabinets and Executive Boards on developing strategy and implementing successful programmes of culture change.  Mick has nineteen years local government experience, ten of which were spent at director level in two London boroughs. In 2008 he spent a year as the interim Strategy and Performance Director at the General Social Care Council where he led on policy development, business planning and personalisation and was the Change Director in Thurrock in 2009.  He has supported a number of Local Strategic Partnerships in re-defining their governance arrangements and sustainable community strategies.

Following a successful career in local government at senior management levels and with the Audit Commission as a Performance Specialist, Susan Bennett has achieved significant improvements in the public and third sectors. Her style is inclusive and she has had particular success in working across partnerships and with stakeholder groups. She aims to empower staff, managers and stakeholders to deliver strategic change together and sustain their success by making the best use of their organisational talent.

Paddy Davies has thirty years experience in the public sector and as such has led reviews in every local authority service and been responsible for corporate and service based policy units. Project management is one of her key strengths and Paddy is also a specialist in environmental sustainability, performance management and customer surveys. She is particularly skilled in analysing and interpreting data, translating results into policy recommendations.

During the last ten years Phillida Miles has taken on a range of consultations and has extensive experience as a social work practitioner and manager in a wide range of services.  She regularly designs and delivers  training courses to health and social care staff; has competed a number of interim placements and maintains an up-to-date awareness of  legislation, national policy and new research. Phillida’s solution focused approach, her skills in ‘engaging’ with people and her ability to operate at all levels of an organisation have proved to be an asset in achieving positive outcomes.

Keith Lowe, Principal Consultant,  has managed the Environment Performance Improvement Partnership (EPIP) for LCS Limited.  Keith works actively with our partner CorVu in performance management systems and is able to generate timely and easy to understand information for senior managers making the best use of nationally available data and local indicators.

For fourteen years Andy McGuire worked at a senior level in a local government financial directorate advising on the ongoing budgeting programmes using IT tools he had created. As a consultant, Andy has specialised in performance management and IT and he is also trained in the use of CorVu – one of the worlds leading performance management and business intelligent systems . LCS has recently partnered with Rocket Software, a US based software house who own CorVu.

Maggie Sheppard worked in local government for seventeen years and has specialised in customer relations.  She has excellent communication skills and the ability to work on behalf of others to find solutions to complex and testing situations. Maggie works for LCS as the Support Services Manager, providing administration for the organisation and its consultants.

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