Directors of Finance/PACCTS Seminar: Commerciality in Policing

AFEP II

Event summary

This event will focus on what Commerciality in Policing really means, we will have speakers from Blue Light Commercial and Home Office will present an update on their work around Commercial Efficiencies following the Productivity Review. The session will close with an interactive session to facilitate discussions with Directors of Finance on defining commerciality in policing and building a strong commercial mindset

AFEP Members only - AFEP Prepaid to be used

Date

20 March 2025
Starts: 09:30
Ends: 12:30

Location

online

Standard price

£0.00 excl VAT

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About this event

You will gain insights from industry experts on what commerciality means in policing including an exclusive update from the Home Office on what work they are doing around commercial efficiencies.

There will also be an interactive facilitated session to encourage discussion and enable delegates to ask questions and learn from both experts and other forces.

Draft agenda

09:30 -09:45

Introduction

09:45 -10:15

Blue Light Commercial - Lianne Deeming, CEO

10:15 -11:00

Commercial efficiencies - Home office update - Bethan Page-Jones & Mark Osborne

11:00 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:15

Defining commerciality in policing workshop, Brendan McCarron, Senior Consultant, Leadership & Professional development, CIPFA & Keith Dickinson, Director of Resources, Merseyside Police

12:15 - 12:30

Q&A /AOB

Who should attend?

Directors of Finance, CFO's and anyone interested in building commercial acumen.

Topics

  • Financial reporting
  • / Police

Speaker - Brendan McCarron, Senior Consultant, CIPFA

Brendan is a senior leadership and professional consultant for CIPFA consultancy and training. He leads CIPFA’s CFO Leadership Academy in the UK and for the government of Canada. He is also heavily involved in CIPFA’s finance business partnering work and in change management assignments in the UK and in Europe. Email: brendan.mccarron@cipfa.org, Tel: 07810 547 226.

CIPFA is currently closed, webchat will be available from 03/01/24 from 09:00 - 17:00.