Whitehall and Industry Group

The Whitehall & Industry Group states that it 'is an independent, not for profit organisation that builds understanding and co-operation between government and business with the aim of achieving better informed policy and regulation, more effective cross-sector partnerships and better leadership.'

WIG helps organisations achieve these benefits through three main areas of activity:

• People Exchange
• Events and networks
• Leadership and Development programmes

The annual WIG membership fee for an organisation is £3,500 (+VAT) which gives its individuals access to each of the activities listed above.

People

Patrons

Circa 2017

Sir Jon Cunliffe Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England | Alex Chisholm Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Sir Martin Donnelly KCB CMG Permanent Secretary, Department for International Trade | Carolyn Fairbairn Director General, Confederation of British Industry | Dame Helen Ghosh Director-General, National Trust | Sir Jeremy Heywood KCB Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service]] | Mark Lloyd Chief Executive, Local Government Association | Sir Simon McDonald KCMG KCVO Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Sir John Parker GBE Chairman, Anglo American | Sir Michael Rake KB Chairman, BT Group plc | Robert Swannell Chairman, Marks & Spencer plc | Tom Scholar Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury

Circa 2008

• Lord Browne of Madingley, Former Group Chief Executive, BP
• Paul Coen, Chief Executive, Local Government Association
• Richard Lambert, Director General, Confederation of British Industry
• Sir Gus O'Donnell, KCB Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service

Board

Board of Trustees circa 2017

Nigel Whitehead Group Managing Director - Programmes and Support, BAE SYSTEMS plc | Debbie Alder Director General of Human Resources, Department for Work and Pensions | Catherine Brown Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency | Björn Conway Former Partner, EY | Howard Davies Chief Executive, Standard Life Foundation | David Dinsdale Entrepreneur in Residence, Atos | Janette Durbin HR Director, Civil Service Talent | Charles Eales Head of Government Relations, Microsoft Limited | Pippa Greenslade Group HR Director, Bakkavor | Eleanor Kelly Chief Executive, Southwark Council | Chris Wormald Permanent Secretary, Department of Health

Circa 2008

Miller McLean Group Secretary and General Counsel, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (Chairman of WIG) | John Barker, CB, Director, Corporate Development Group, Cabinet Office | Ursula Brennan, Chief Executive, Office for Criminal Justice Reform | Bob Coxon OBE, Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group | Patrick Kerr, Director, Corporate Communications, Reed Elsevier Group plc | Mark Sanders, Chief Executive, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | David Scott, HR Director, First Group | Mike Sibbald Former HR Director, Argos Retail Group

Staff

Circa 2008

Sally Cantello Chief Executive Sally joined WIG in 1999 after 19 years in strategy consulting in the private sector. She was appointed Chief Executive in February 2001. | Ian Stokes Director of Programmes | Fiona Alldridge Head of Business Development | Kathryn Brown Assistant to Chief Executive Hilary Danelian Programme Director, Development Programmes | John Fenton-Jones Company Secretary / Financial Controller Roy Johnson Manager, People Exchange Catherine 'Spudd' Judd Office / IT Manager Bimal Karaji Manager, People Exchange Emma Kelly Co-ordinator, People Exchange Nahdia Khan Head of People Exchange Rebecca Lyng Development Programmes Co-ordinator Sarah McGraw Events & Membership Co-ordinator Stephanie Mico Events Co-ordinator Clare Parsons Head of Development Programmes Gill Riches Head of Account Management Walter Stewart Head of Management Services

Members

Private sector WIG members

Circa 2008

3M | Abbey | Accenture | Amey plc | Anglo American | AstraZeneca | Atos Origin | Avail | BAe Systems | Balfour Beatty | Barclays | BDO Stoy Hayward LLP | Bevan Brittan | BP | British American Tobacco | BT Group | BT Government | BUPA | Camelot | Capita Group | Centrica | Clifford Chance | ConocoPhillips | Control Risks Group | Deloitte | Denton Wilde Sapte | DHL | EDS | E.ON UK | Ernst & Young | Eversheds | ExxonMobil | Federation of Small Businesses | Field Fisher Waterhouse | Freshfields | Fujitsu Services | Gemserv | GlaxoSmithKline | Hay Group | HBoS | Home Retail Group | HSBC Holdings | Hunton & Williams | Hutchison Whampoa Europe | IBM (UK) | Johnson Matthey | Kingfisher | Kingsley Napley | KPMG | Laird Group | Linklaters | Liverpool Direct | Lloyds TSB Group | LogicaCMG | Marks & Spencer | Microsoft | National Grid | Nationwide Building Society | Northgate Information Solutions | Norwich Union Life | Oracle | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Procter & Gamble | Prudential | Reed Elsevier | Reliance Security Group | Rio Tinto | Rok plc | Rolls-Royce | The Royal Bank of Scotland Group | Royal Mail | RWE npower | SAP (UK & Ireland) | Serco Group | Siemens | Smith & Nephew | Standard Life | SunGard | Total | Towers Perrin | UBS | United Utilities | VEGA Group | Vertex | Wragge & Co | Xansa | Zurich Financial Services

Public sector WIG members

circa 2008

ACAS | Audit Commission | Bank of England | BBC World Service | Birmingham City Council | British Council | Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | Cabinet Office | Cambridgeshire County Council | Commission for Social Care Inspection | Communities and Local Government | Companies House | Competition Commission | Criminal Records Bureau | Crown Prosecution Service | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | Defra | Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | Department for Children, Schools and Families | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Department for International Development | Department for Transport | Department for Work and Pensions | Department of Health | Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills | Electoral Commission | Environment Agency | Export Credits Guarantee Department | Financial Ombudsman Service | Financial Services Authority | Food Standards Agency | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | GCHQ | Health and Safety Executive | HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | HM Land Registry | HM Prison Service | HM Revenue and Customs | HM Treasury | Home Office | House of Commons | House of Lords | Housing Corporation | Identity and Passport Service | Information Commissioner's Office | Investors in People | Kent County Council | Liverpool City Council | London Borough of Camden | London Borough of Havering | London Borough of Lambeth | London Borough of Lewisham | London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority | Metropolitan Police | Ministry of Defence | Ministry of Justice | Monitor | National Audit Office | National Museums | National Policing Improvement Agency | Natural England | Northern Ireland Civil Service | Northern Ireland Office | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority | Office of Fair Trading | Office of Rail Regulation | Ofsted | Ordnance Survey | Oxfordshire County Council | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman | The Pensions Regulator | Postcomm | Regional Co-ordination Unit | Remploy | Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office | Secret Intelligence Service | Security Service | Serious Fraud Office | Serious Organised Crime Agency | Slough Borough Council | Southwark Council | Surrey County Council | Treasury Solicitor's Department | UK Intellectual Property Office | UK Trade and Investment | University of Huddersfield | Valuation Office Agency | Welsh Assembly Government | Worcestershire County Council

Resources

WIG publications

File:WIG Impact Review 2008.pdf

Articles

Vivienne Russell Move a little closer Public Finance, 20 Aug 09.