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Meet the team
Adam Thorp
Adam is a member of the Senior Management Team at LGE. As Director of Policy and Corporate Services, he and his teams are responsible for policy and advocacy support, governance, corporate financial and risk management, external contracts and SLAs and information management and security.
To contact Adam please email adam.thorp@localgoveasteng.gov.uk

Kate O'Driscoll
As policy and programme manager, Kate is responsible for policy and advocacy support to local councils on health, social care and housing, and managing the strategic relationships in these policy areas regionally and nationally.
To contact Kate please email kate.o’driscoll@localgoveasteng.gov.uk

Matthew Stewart
Matt is a member of the Policy Team at LGE, and leads on matters relating to Infrastructure, Growth, Planning and Finance. He is currently working closely with partners across the region to ensure that LGE’s landmark report, Opportunity East, has as strong a legacy as possible, and is used to make the case for both public and private investment in the East.
To contact Matt, please email matt.stewart@localgoveasteng.gov.uk.
