Andy Johnston is Chief Executive of Local Energy Ltd.He is responsible for delivering the local Energy business plan and helping the public sector to reduce their carbon emissions. Andy is also Head of the Centre for Local Sustainability at the Local Government Information Unit where he has developed practical pilot programmes on carbon trading, and climate change adaptation.
His previous work was Head of Centre at Forum for the Future, where he developed capacity building programmes and reporting frameworks for public and private sector organisations. For six months he was seconded to the OECD to write a report on education and sustainable development and gave presentations in many OECD countries.
Andy was a local councillor for eight years and chaired the planning committee for seven of those years. He was instrumental in the adoption of doorstep recycling and introducing sustainability into the Local Plan documents.
In a previous role Andy was a lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire in environmental management for business, he has a PhD in environmental performance indicators.
Andy Sawford is Chief Executive of the LGiU. At the LGiU Andy has championed a new balance of power between central and local government to strengthen local democracy, improve public services, and meet emerging policy challenges, such as environmental, economic and demographic change.
The LGiU's impact on public policy debate was recognised in 2008 when Andy collected the ‘Thintank of the Year Award’ on behalf of the team. Andy writes and comments regularly in the national media and public sector journals. He maintains a blog at www.lgiu.wordpress.com and tweets regularly at www.twitter.com/andysawford
Complementing his work at LGiU, Andy is also a Director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny and a Director of the Centre for Public Service Partnerships. Andy is Chair of Local Energy ltd, a new social enterprise, supported by the LGiU, that advises organisations, including public service providers, to improve energy use and reduce their carbon footprint.
Andy joined the LGiU after four years as a Director of a leading UK public affairs company. During this time Andy led a national campaign to improve public accountability in policing and in 2005 he worked with parliamentarians to found the All Party Parliamentary Local Government Group which promotes improved relations and understanding between central and local government.
Prior to this Andy worked in local and central government, including periods working in Parliament and at the Local Government Association. Andy has also worked in the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions.
Andy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Institute of Directors. He has studied at Grey College, Durham University and recently in America at Berkeley - University of California and the Kennedy School at Harvard.
In his local community Andy chairs a small cooperative organisation and is a Governor of a primary school. He is married to Jo, a primary school teacher, and they have two small children.
Arthur Hasler - Director
Arthur Hasler is Director of Operations for the LGiU. He leads on our relations with customers and delivery of services and products, as well as being responsible for general organisational areas.
Arthur has been with the LGiU since 2002, and has worked in local government since 1976. He has been involved in a variety of service areas, including adult education, technical and environmental services and social services, and has worked for five London authorities.
Most recently Arthur worked for LB Camden as Business Manager in Social Services, responsible for the delivery of in-house care services for adults, including residential homes, day centres and the community meals service.
