Chris Hayward has been at the very heart of local government for nearly thirty years serving variously as the Deputy Leader of both Dorset and Hertfordshire County Councils, the Leader of the Opposition on Three Rivers District Council and more latterly as Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee of the Corporation of the City of London.
He has also stood as a Parliamentary candidate and served at board level on the Local Government Association. He knows local government at the highest levels from the inside and serves on the Board of Directors at JBP.