Councillor Rob Wood

Biography

I am now the Deputy Lord Mayor, previously the Cabinet Member for Children and Families and as a strong family oriented person, know the importance of keeping our young people safe and want to ensure they have the best possible opportunity to develop to their full adult potential.

A Portsmouth City Councillor since 2010 and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Children and/or Education since 2011, I was Cabinet Member for Children and Education between 2011-14 and Chair of Governance and Audit in 2010. I have a vested interest in improving education outcomes as both grandchildren (and children) attended local authority schools.  I have contributed to the LGiU paper on the "Middle-Tier" role in delivering Education and the local authority's role within this and have chaired and spoken at several national seminars on the subject of Education.

I am a Trustee of Wymering Manor Trust, PRENO and a long-standing committee member of Friends of Old Portsmouth Association.  I am also a Governor at Charter and at ARK Portsmouth primaries.

Prior to becoming a councillor, I spent many years in senior positions within the IT software industry as a Director and Principal Technologist with a "Cloud Computing" company. I currently contract and consult as a CTO in this area