Rod Aldridge

Rod Aldridge is an entrepreneur with over 40 years experience of working in the public and private sectors.

He is the founder of the Capita Group retiring in July 2006 as Chairman. Subsequently he established The Aldridge Foundation to continue his work on public service reform and to focus on his charitable activities.

• Educational underachievement & Social Exclusion
• Public Service Reform Partnership and Development
• Community Engagement

Articles

Rod has published the following articles since The Foundation was launched:

• 'Preventing the Causes of Crime', Local Government Chronicle, 19 June 2008
• 'Volunteering - its time has come', The Municipal Journal, 12 June 2008
• 'Learning lessons', Public Finance, 30 May 2008
• Terminal 5 - a lesson in delivery', The Municipal Journal, 24 April 2008
• 'Financial management - the devil is in the detail', The Municipal Journal, 6 March 2008
• 'An entrepreneur with soul', The Guardian Public Magazine, March 2008
• 'Give users a voice in policy', The Municipal Journal, 21 January 2008
• 'Culture is core to regeneration', The Municipal Journal, 1 November 2007
• 'Making the most of consultants', Public Eye, September 2007
• 'Why the courting must get serious', The Municipal Journal, 6 September 2007
• 'Consulting in-house brings added benefits', The Municipal Journal, 5 July 2007
• ‘How much longer will offshoring be off the table for local government?’, The Municipal Journal, 15 March 2007
• ‘Shared services: fine in principle but will it happen in reality?’, The Municipal Journal, 18 January 2007
• ‘The Lowry welcomes the BBC to Salford Quays’