Welcome
Mark Austen Chair of Insolvency Service
The Insolvency Service is an Executive Agency of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
As Chief Executive Officer, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for the organisation and will work closely with DBT to deliver the policy objectives of Ministers
As Chair I am pleased to work with the Department for Business and Trade as we embark on a search for an exceptional leader to take on one of the most important regulatory roles in the country – as Chief Executive of the Insolvency Service. The Insolvency Service has an outstanding reputation, both within the insolvency profession and across Government, as a centre of excellence for operational insolvency work, corporate investigations and making statutory redundancy payments when an employer becomes insolvent.
The Insolvency Service provides an essential role in administering the law governing corporate failure and personal bankruptcy and has an expanding role in enforcement where bad practice has been identified. The Agency has many facets with every case different providing an interesting and rewarding range of challenges for the new CEO.
With both the business and personal insolvency environments evolving rapidly the new CEO will need to lead the Service in anticipating and transforming to meet the fast changing needs of business – both developing new policies and equipping the Agency to deal with new technologies etc.
The successful candidate will need to show a profound interest in the sector and vision and drive through an ambitious change programme.
I have been Chair of the Insolvency Service now for three years, having been a senior partner in PwC before then taking on a number of non exec and Chair roles. When I joined I was pleased to discover an organisation filled with experienced professionals, who are tackling the myriad of complex challenges in the personal and business insolvency world. I look forward to welcoming and working with the new CEO to the Insolvency Service at this critical and exciting time for our organisation.
The Insolvency Service is a fantastic place to work, with wide ranging responsibilities across the economy that provide the opportunity to make a positive difference to businesses and economic growth. It is a government agency that helps to deliver economic confidence by supporting those in financial distress, tackling financial wrongdoing and maximising returns to creditors.
This is an exciting time for the Insolvency Service – they are constantly innovating and evolving to ensure the UK’s insolvency regime remains effective and can respond to the challenges of changing economic conditions, and they are significantly expanding to tackle economic crime. Working closely with Companies House and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) they are developing their role to deliver the government’s “prepare, prevent, protect and pursue” strategies.
This is a key leadership role, leading and managing organisational change and transformation, tackling economic crime and developing and introducing the organisation’s strategic plan.
If you are successful, you’ll join a team of professional, expert and committed people motivated by public service and working collaboratively. You will represent the Insolvency Service at the most senior levels with Ministers, Government departments and other stakeholders.
We strongly welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives.
Caleb Deeks & Gavin Lambert Directors General, DBT (Hiring Managers)
