Helen Bailey is  the Chief Executive of North Somerset Council.  Helen has long experience of Local Government, having worked for the GLC and its successor body, and been a former Chief Executive of the London Borough of Islington.  She was formerly also  Director of Public Services at HM Treasury and the chief officer of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.  She has experience as a management consultant working with PwC, EY and most recently, iMPOWER.  

Helen is also a non-executive director of a housing association and a Trustee of the Guys and St Thomas Charitable Trust and of the Leadership Centre for Local Government.