Andy Street

The reason we're doing two parts is that there are two completely separate topics that we want to cover.

This week we're gonna be talking about combined authorities based on his experience as the chief of staff to Andy Street, the first mayor of the West Midlands, and Andrew was the first chief of staff to An- to Andy Street.

Then next week we're gonna be talking about AI based on Andrew's current work leading an AI startup.

But for now, let's get into a master class in how to set up and lead in a combined authority on this week's edition of the Freewheeling Podcast.

Two of these highly successful careers are in fields that I think are interesting to listeners of the Freewheeling Podcast.

So I've asked him to join us twice.

He will be talking first about his time as Chief of Staff to Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, one of the first and most successful of the combined authorities and combined authority leadership teams, and the second will be in his current role leading an AI startup about the potential for AI in our sector.

So Andrew Browning, for the first time, welcome to the Freewheeling Podcast.

Is there a mayor of Birmingham? I'm just thinking what Andy Burnham did in Manchester, and we saw that first hand.

I, I think it was Andy Street.

Andy Street.

Andy Street.

So Andy Street I get on with very well.

I class him as a friend.

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