John Farrell
IRRV (Hons) - Business Development Associate
John has recently left local government having served over 36 years, mostly with Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, and prior to that with Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
During his local government career, John has occupied a number of high profile roles including Head of Revenues & Benefits, Assistant Finance & ICT Director, and most recently Head of Corporate Finance and ICT (a director level role). John has significant experience in managing large scale organizational change, and in particular change requiring doing more with fewer resources. In his last role he was responsible for managing a successful corporate budget reduction of £44 million in 2010/2011.
John has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Lancashire & Cheshire Association of the IRRV for many years, and has been Association President twice, most recently in 2010/2011.
