Latest speakers revealed for Meet The Authorities

The heads of investment for the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester Combined Authorities have joined the line-up of speakers to discuss development plans and private sector partnerships at this half-day event on Thursday 27 June.

Bill Enevoldson, chief investment officer at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and Mark Bousfield, director of commercial development and investment at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, will be in conversation with Place North West editor Jessica Middleton-Pugh, to examine investment models across the City Regions, devolution, and Government funding.

Joing Bousfield and Enevoldson on the agenda, Stockport, Liverpool, Warrington, Salford and Lancashire councils will discuss their ambitions for the regeneration of town and city centres, their expectations and experiences of formal and informal public-private partnerships, and chances for the property community to get involved in upcoming projects. Collectively, the councils are working on schemes worth billions of pounds.

Sponsored by Lovell, Morgan Sindall and Winckworth Sherwood, the event will see examples of effective partnership working between developers and councils, and the impact of local authority plans and policies.

Speakers include:

Pam Smith, chief executive, Stockport Council

John Laverick, head of housing and development, Warrington Council

Claire Slinger, assistant director of investment and development, Liverpool City Council

Kurt Partington, head of development, Salford City Council

Stephen Young, executive director, Lancashire County Council

Colette McCormack, partner, Winckworth Sherwood

Lee Sale, regional managing director, Lovell

Phil Mayall, development director, Muse

Paul Brown, regional director, PSP

Bill Enevoldson, chief investment officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Mark Bousfield, director of commercial development and investment, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Chaired by Jessica Middleton-Pugh, editor of Place North West

This half-day conference will be a mix of panel discussions and presentations, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions, either from the audience or via Slido.

The event takes place on Thursday 27 June at the Science & Industry Museum, starting at 8am for networking, presentations from 8.45am, and ending at noon for lunch.

Tickets are £60+VAT.