Councillor Sylvia Hughes

Sylvia was first elected to the Division of Irthlingborough in May 2013. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Her human resources and strategic resourcing career spans the financial services, telecommunications, high-tech and service industries where she has undertaken senior and board level roles in organisational development, human resource management, change management and management development. Among  the senior Board level roles Sylvia has held she was Head of Organisational Development for Halifax plc, Personnel Director for Siemens and at Cable and Wireless Sylvia undertook the Board sponsored Federal Leadership Project worldwide.

Her highly regarded report ‘Through the looking Glass, Leadership Today, Leadership Tomorrow’ examines how strategic resourcing and leadership fit with organisational development and how it is managed in more than 40 major companies.Sylvia is currently a County  Councillor and Councillor for East Northamptonshire and recently was its Chairman. She is Vice Chairman of the Governors at the University of Northampton and has been a Governor at Manor School Sports College in Raunds. Sylvia’s other voluntary work includes being  Chairman of Crimestoppers for Northamptonshire and a former trustee of SUNARMA, a charity which works in Africa. She is and also a Councillor for East Northamptonshire District Council.