Alison Hatcher

Alison Hatcher is a senior local government leader with over 25 years’ experience.

She brings direct experience of the practical challenges of moving from LGR into transformation. As Assistant Chief Executive of Westmorland and Furness Council, she led the Programme Management Office following reorganisation, overseeing complex service disaggregation and organisational change across a large and diverse geography. Following the LGA’s Corporate Peer Challenge in 2025, she supported the Chief Executive to develop a three-year transformation plan focused on change and organisational efficiencies. Her experience combines organisational strategy, culture and inclusion with partnership working and devolution, providing a perspective on both establishing a new council and shaping its longer-term ambitions for place and inclusive growth.