Tim Aldridge
Tim is the Director of Children’s Services for the London Borough of Havering, where he leads the team that has taken Havering on a journey from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’. Tim chairs two Innovation Programme boards, and the East London Regional Adoption Agency Board. He is the lead director of children’s services for sector-led improvement for the Association of London Directors of Children’s Services (ALDCS). He co-chairs the BHR Integrated Care Partnership Children’s Transformation Board, and the North-East London Teaching Partnership.
Tim is a qualified social worker, and has been working in children’s social care for over twenty years, starting out as a residential care worker. Tim is particularly interested in the role organisational culture plays in setting the right environment for good practice to evolve and thrive. Tim has a keen interest in early help and early intervention, and the role this plays in managing demand for services.
Meet the rest of my team
Camilla Cavendish
Camilla is an award-winning writer and broadcaster, and former head of the Downing Street Policy Unit under Prime Minister David Cameron.
Sally Morgan
Baroness Morgan of Huyton is a former teacher and councillor who joined the House of Lords in 2001.
Andy Elvin
Andy has been Chief Executive of TACT (The Adolescent and Children’s Trust) since September 2014.
Sukriti Sen
Sukriti qualified as a social worker in 1992. Her social work career has spanned across children in need, child protection, looked after children, fostering and adoption and quality assurance.
Paul Dunning
Paul, an ARK trustee, has 20 years of experience in financial services.
James Darley
James has been working in Graduate Recruitment for 20 years and is recognised as one of the most significant leaders in the sector.
Clare Chamberlain
Clare is the Director of the Centre for Systemic Social Work for Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
Oliver Gayle
Oliver is Director of the UK legal team responsible for credit restructuring at Barclays Bank PLC.
Michael Clark
Michael is the Deputy Chief Executive of Ark. He was previously a Junior Partner at McKinsey & Company and co-led its Education Practice in the UK.
Lord Adonis
Andrew has given ongoing support for Frontline since an early stage in 2010. Andrew formerly served as minister for schools and was a senior Number 10 adviser on education.
Jacob Rosenzweig
Jacob is a Partner and Managing Director at BCG, where he leads the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications practice for London, Amsterdam and Brussels.
Kiran Flynn
Kiran is a qualified social worker currently working in a child protection team in the London Borough of Newham. She is our second Frontline fellow trustee.
Jeremy Newman
Jeremy is a chartered accountant. He spent over 30 years at BDO, one of the world’s leading audit firms, latterly as their Global CEO.
Tim Aldridge
Tim is the Director of Children’s Services for the London Borough of Havering, where he leads the team that has taken Havering on a journey from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’.