John Tizard

John Tizard
Director
Centre for Public Service Partnerships

John Tizard was appointed as the first Director of the Centre for Public Service Partnerships, at the University of Birmingham, in January 2008.

The Centre is an independent academic based research centre and policy and practice institute focused on public service partnerships in the UK and internationally.

John was previously Capita Group Plc’s Group Director for Government and Business Engagement. He was at Capita in senior positions for over ten years. John is a member of the advisory boards for CfPS; 4Ps; SMF; and NCC; and is a member of the NHS Choices Innovation and Engagement Board.

He was a member of the Advisory Panel for the Government’s Review of the Public Service Industry; and served on a Treasury advisory panel on performance management in 2007. He is a non-executive director of the Social Investment Business and of the Adventure Capital Fund. Prior to joining Capita in 1997, John was Director of Strategy and Policy for Scope.

Up to 1999 John had over 18 years' experience as a county councillor including eight years as council leader. He has had board experience in the NHS; police authority; business and third sectors.

John has a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.