AMT Convention 2011: Tom McCabe, Shropshire Council
By Katie Fewings • Oct 6th, 2011 • Category: conventionTom McCabe graduated from University of Dublin, Trinity College with degrees in Mathematics and Civil Engineering.
He also has an MBA from Lancashire Business School and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Henley Business School.
Tom has worked in various local authorities over the past 22 years including spells in Kent, Lancashire and Liverpool. He was previously Director of Environment with Cheshire County Council before he joined the new Shropshire Council in January 2009 where he is a Corporate Director.
His broad remit in Shropshire covers the Places agenda and central to this is working with local communities and Elected Members to sustain and enhance our market towns.
When is Tom speaking?
Tom will be speaking on ‘The Council Case for Doing Things Differently‘ from 10.05 to 10.25 on Thursday 13 October.
What next?
- Read about other speakers at the AMT Convention 2011
- Find out more about the AMT Convention
Katie Fewings is Katie graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2000 with a BA in Modern Languages (French, Spanish & Portuguese).
She honed her organisational skills over nearly four years as PA to the Director of an internationally renowned firm of architects in London before moving to Brighton and taking up the post of Project Manager at the online ethical travel directory, responsibletravel.com. In this role, she organised the annual Responsible Tourism Awards with partners World Travel Market, The Telegraph, Geographical Magazine and BBC World News, and facilitated a programme to develop and support community based tourism with the Washington NGO, Conservation International.
Katie has a strong interest in issues of sustainability and social responsibility, and has set up her own website, Ethical Weddings (www.ethicalweddings.com) to help couples plan the wedding of their dreams without compromising their values. She also co-founded Our Ethical Network in Brighton to give ethically motivated businesses in the city the chance to meet one another, share common problems and explore business opportunities.
Katie is developing AMT's online presence and helping towns to share knowledge and best practice from their successful initiatives through online networking in the new AMT Forums and other social media.
She works Tuesdays and Thursdays and can be contacted on 07876 701 266 or by email at katie.fewings@towns.org.uk.
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