Paul Roberts, OBE
Paul Roberts is currently Chair of the trustees for Creativity, Culture and Education.
A graduate in Philosophy and Mathematics, a teacher and schools inspector, Paul Roberts was Director of Education in Nottingham and subsequently in Haringey leading the Government intervention in Haringey Council. He was a Director of Capita Strategic Education Services before joining the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) for local government.
At IDeA he was Director of Strategy and subsequently Managing Director, overseeing the organization’s £50m programmes of work based on knowledge management, peer review and support for local authority elected members.
As author of the joint DfES/DCMS report “Nurturing Creativity in Young People”, Paul was adviser to government Ministers on the development of the cultural offer for young people and is now chair of the trustees for Creativity, Culture and Education (www.cceengland.org) as well as holding board positions with Nottingham Contemporary, the Public Services Innovation Laboratory Board at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), the Innovation Unit and the Greenwood Trust.
Paul is a FRSA and was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to Education and the Creative Industries.
