Sarah Pickup is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Local Government Association (LGA). Sarah previously worked for Hertfordshire County Council as Deputy Chief Executive with responsibility for Corporate Services as well as being the county’s Chief Finance Officer. Before that she was Director of Health & Community Services for 10 years. Sarah is on the board of Hightown Housing Association, a Trustee of the Nuffield Trust, a trustee of a local arts charity  and has recently been appointed as chair designate of HUC, a community interest company providing services to the NHS. She was president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in 2012/13 Services.  In 2023 she was awarded a CBE for her services to social care. Sarah graduated from Sussex University with a degree in Economics and is a member of CIPFA.