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Getting better value from Public Sector Research Establishments
About the author
Quentin Maxwell-Jackson was until 30 June 2011 a Partner
in the Infrastructure Government and Healthcare Advisory
practice at KPMG LLP in the UK. He led the Public Services
Consulting, Central Government Advisory and Consumer and
Industrial Markets practices at KPMG. He provided advice to
clients on major change and transformation programmes
across a wide range of central government departments,
the wider public sector and the private sector. He has
considerable experience of working with clients in the R&D
and high-tech sectors.
Acknowledgements
CentreForum acknowledges the support of Battelle, LGC and
Serco who provided funding for this study. However, the
views expressed in this report are those of the author.
We would like to express our thanks to those in the current
and former PSREs who participated in the interview
programme and provided comments on case study drafts,
to Chris Nicholson for his comments on initial drafts, and
to Piers Wright for his help in putting together the interview
programme, and input to the case studies. Any errors are, of
course, the author’s alone.
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