John O’Halloran

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How to ensure back-office collaboration brings benefits rather than problems

10th August 2020

John O'Halloran – Advisory Practice Lead, CIPFA

OPINION: The push for greater efficiency and effectiveness has seen UK police forces increasingly collaborating on areas such as procurement, finance and HR with neighbouring colleagues and public sector partners. John O'Halloran of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) highlights some of the key considerations to ensure back-office unification brings significant benefits rather than additional problems.

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John O'Halloran
Advisory Practice Lead, CIPFA

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John O’Halloran is a highly experienced business manager and management consultant with over 30 years' experience in both the private and public sectors, now leading CIPFA’s advisory practice. Recently John has worked on a major cost reduction programme for three police forces. He has acted as the commercial adviser to the Met Police on their successful outsourcing of their back office functions, and also was a key part of the team responsible for the development of their Commercial Strategy to 2020. John has also worked for large civil service departments and every type of local authority in the UK.