PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE Joel Rennie Joel Rennie is a Programme Executive at Dragongate Market Intelligence. Joel primarily works on DragonGate’s civil service relocation and regional civil service career pathway programmes, which aim to draw in more people from left-behind areas and target the issue of regional cul-de-sacs that prevent a full civil service career outside of…

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, NORTH Richard Ball A lifetime of experience in strategy formulation and operational delivery in the fields of economic development, tourism, leisure centre provision, property estate management, cultural development and major events. Effective builder of productive relationships with a record of successful joint public and private sector delivery of complex programmes and projects, often…

HEAD OF EVENTS AND MARKETING Mia Roberts Mia Roberts is the Head of Events and Marketing, specialising in end to end delivery of specialist roundtables and summits. Mia oversees the pre-event and on-site delivery of the DragonGate portfolio, as well as the email and social media engagement with our community across the public sector. Before…

RESEARCHER Rahim Daya Rahim joined DragonGate as a researcher in the spring of 2018. He has provided research support on a range of market intelligence projects across the NHS and Whitehall relocation. He graduated with a BA in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley in the summer of 2017. Outside of the office,…

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMME MANAGER Dominic Corfield Since joining DragonGate, Dominic has worked on numerous projects for both local government and private sector clients, as well as working on the stakeholder engagement for public service hubs. Before joining DragonGate Dominic was a teacher of History and Politics for two years, graduating from the University of Sheffield with…

PROGRAMME MANAGER Jacqui Gibson Jacqui is a Programme Manager at DragonGate Market Intelligence working on various projects. Her work primarily focuses on civil service relocation and the development of career pathways to support the career progression, development and retention of civil servants in regional hubs such as Cardiff. Jacqui’s main responsibilities include collecting and reviewing…

PROGRAMME MANAGER Tim Philpott Tim is Programme Manager at DGMI with responsibility for Levelling Up and Innovation to Operation workstreams (split across DGMI and BBI). Currently, he leads the core team assembling the 2022-3 business case for the planned Care Tech Campus project in Essex, including; Securing investor interest from “Big Tech” and industry. Unlocking…

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, NORTH Jan Eskildsen Jan is a highly experienced business development professional based in the North East, whose focus for 15 years has been the UK public sector and infrastructure market. An associate of DGMI for more than a decade, Jan usually leads on any face-to-face interactions with end users required during a project and…

TEAM MEMBER Anne-Marie Twumasi Anne-Marie joined DragonGate in January 2017 as a Researcher, and has been engaged with several projects since. In April 2017 she began managing the Clean Break project for North East Lincolnshire Council, to build on their ambition to be the UK capital of the renewable energy industry, through behavioural change, training…

SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER Liam Sayers Liam joined DragonGate in February 2015 as a Programme Manager and was promoted to Senior Programme Manager in January 2016. He left the company in December 2017. Liam has been successful in managing a number of key public sector projects as well as assisting in contributing to existing projects and…