Dan Bates

Financial
Resilience​

Dan leads LG Improve’s Financial Resilience function, enabling Councils adapt to a leaner, more outcomes focused way of working.   Working with all types of authorities on financing and funding to modernise financial management, outcomes based budgeting and well-being and social value. 

Darren Cole

Digital
Transformation​

Darren leads LG Improve’s Digital Transformation function, enabling Councils to achieve wholesale positive change and efficiencies through technology enabled transformation.  Darren has worked with all tiers of local government to adjust to the digital world and benefit from the opportunities to work in a different way.

Michele Noad

Information
​Management

Michele leads LG Improve's Information Management function, enabling Councils to improve information integrity as a foundation for strategic enablement.  Michele has worked with local government for nearly 30 years to deliver information management transformation and improve compliance.​

Surj Bami

Business Efficiency & Corporate Delivery

Surj leads LG improve’s Corporate Delivery function, enabling Councils to deliver on their strategies and outcomes through practical, measurable engagement. For over 30 years, Surj has worked with Private and Public Sector organisations to solve complex challenges, turn around poor delivery and achieve rapid results.