Steve Freer

About Steve Freer

Steve Freer has been CIPFA’s chief executive since 2000. Previously he worked in senior public finance roles in several local authorities, and in management consultancy. Steve is a board member of the Centre for Public Scrutiny and the Local Government Leadership Centre. He is also an adviser to the International Federation of Accountants.

Share and share alike, by Steve Freer

21 January 2010 | Steve Freer

Sharing and collaboration between public bodies is not a new idea but there are real grounds for optimism that it is an idea whose time has come. Read more...

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The political is managerial, by Steve Freer

27 November 2009 | Steve Freer

Delivering major cuts in public spending over the next few years poses both political and managerial challenges. To an extent these two agendas can feel like sharply contrasting takes on the hurdles and pitfalls which lie ahead. On the contrary, however, they are overlapping perspectives with a high degree of interdependence. Read more...

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Plan early for cutbacks

29 June 2009 | Steve Freer

One of the many interesting contributions to the CIPFA conference came from Philip Hammond, the shadow chief secretary. Referring to the Brown-Cameron spat about cuts or investment he said that, as he went around the country, more and more practitioners were not waiting for new pronouncements from the centre; they understood the necessity for, and the inevitability of, a period of retrenchment and were simply getting on and making their preparations. Read more...

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