Sue Bearman

With over 20 years of in-house experience in local government, Sue is a specialist in governance, and her work supports local authorities across the country with practical and politically aware advice.

Drawing on extensive experience at both district and county council levels, including as monitoring officer, Sue advises on all aspects of local authority law and governance, including code of conduct advice, training, and standards investigations.

Sue has headed up a number of multi-disciplinary legal teams throughout her career, as well as leading information governance, democratic services and elections teams. Her work has involved major projects to help councils transition between executive arrangements and committee systems, giving her a unique understanding of how to design effective, transparent governance structures.

She takes great pride in helping to ease the pressure on busy monitoring officers by offering timely, practical support that enables them to make confident, informed decisions.