The team
Senior experience, assembled around the work.
Visionary Network is a not-for-profit organisation with a diverse team spanning policy, operations, technology, delivery and analysis.
Visionary Network and inBest.ai
See how our policy, Revenues and Benefits expertise works with inBest’s analytics and modelling capability to help councils make confident decisions.
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View the councils and organisations Visionary Network has supported through consultancy, policy design, scheme rewriting, training and collaborative delivery.
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Meet the network
Expertise that works together.
We assemble the right people around each challenge, combining strategic perspective with the detailed knowledge needed to make change work.
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Malcolm Gardner
Managing Director
A leading authority on Council Tax, welfare reform and the practical use of technology to improve public services.View Malcolm’s profileRachael Walker
Director of Policy and Strategy
An experienced public sector consultant, researcher and policy advocate focused on fairer, more effective public services.View Rachael’s profilePaul Howarth
Independent Consultant
A welfare policy specialist who turns complex Council Tax Reduction rules into clear, usable schemes.View Paul’s profileKevin Stewart
Director
A highly experienced local government leader with more than forty years in Revenues, Benefits and counter-fraud.View Kevin’s profileSteve Fallis
Project Delivery Manager
A technology and project delivery leader who turns complex operational requirements into practical implementation plans.View Steve’s profileJon Gibbs
Senior Revenues and Benefits Consultant
A Revenues and Benefits specialist with almost thirty years in product development, service transformation and public sector innovation.View Jon’s profileSean O’Sullivan
Senior Policy and Analytics Consultant
A local government finance expert specialising in Council Tax, Housing Benefit subsidy and Council Tax Reduction design.View Sean’s profileBob Wagstaff
Senior Revenues and Benefits Consultant
An experienced local government professional with more than three decades across Revenues, Benefits, fraud and operational leadership.View Bob’s profileAndrew Clist
Senior Cloud Consultant
A specialist in local government Revenues and Benefits software, cloud migration, workflow and practical service improvement.View Andrew’s profileThe next generation
New perspectives, supported by deep experience.
Lewis Stockman, Khushi Patel and Sihan Liu bring fresh thinking and emerging capability to the wider Visionary Network.
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