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Jes Ladva | Managing Partner, Government
 
Jes Ladva is Managing Partner and Head of the Odgers Interim Government Practice with additional responsibility for our Financial Services, Digital, Data and Technology Practices. Jes also contributes to the company’s management consultancy division, Odgers Connect, which enables him to offer clients organisation change management capabilities alongside interim managers.

Jes has over 20 years’ experience in the sector having initially worked in government. He is widely recognised in the sector as a trusted advisor, capable of identifying and developing aspiring talent in line with the current and future challenges experienced across both local and central government.

Jes has been a proud supporter of public sector leadership, often having spoken at events advocating the merits of leaders in the public sector. Jes is also a director of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation where he has worked at ministerial level to ensure high standards across the industry and was involved in the influential Women in Boards working group on promoting gender equality at executive levels.

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Birmingham City Council


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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea


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Department of Health & Social Care


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Bristol City Council


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Newham Council

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Government Property Agency


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Surrey County Council


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Sheffield City Council

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Conference season in full flow with the recent Local Government Association (LGA) Conference, County Councils Network (CCN) Conference, and District Councils Network (DCN) Conference and the NCAS to follow. They have provided an in depth look at the current budgetary landscape for local authorities. As we navigate these challenging times, let's reflect on some of the key insights and strategies shared at recent local government conferences.

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Back by popular demand following last year, where we at Odgers created an ‘alternative FTSE’ called the Odgers Local Authority Stock Exchange index (OLASE) to show the size and breadth of local government as compared to companies in the FTSE 350.

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We explain how we identify executive candidates with the right skills and mentality to deliver in crucial portfolio company roles.

Odgers Interim have successfully placed many great candidates with PE portfolio companies. Hardly a surprise, considering we work across more sectors than any other interim provider in EMEA, with deep in-country networks and offices in 19 countries.


We discuss the creation of a new performance body for local government.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is on the hunt for a chief executive to lead the newly established Office for Local Government (Oflog), a body that will “provide authoritative and accessible data and analysis about the performance of local government and support its improvement.”

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