Trailblazing female leadership in transport with Liz Dean OBE

About this episode

Liz Dean OBE discusses her trailblazing career in transport and leadership within local government.

Guest: Liz Dean OBE – Retired Executive Director of liverpool City Region Combined Authority.Liz is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and boasts nearly 40 years of experience in Local Government, beginning her career as a clerk at Liverpool City Council at 17 then making history as the first female Director of Merseytravel, serving for 15 years and sitting on a range of different boards. In her final five years Liz was an Executive Director of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, where she was instrumental in establishing the organization and fostering a culture that prioritized collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Liz has been awarded an OBE in the 2025 Honours list for Services to Transport. The Academy’s Developing Practice Podcast is produced by The Academy, University of Liverpool. The role of the Academy is to promote and enable organisational excellence through the strategic development of the University’s people and practices. To find out more about the work of The Academy check out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/the-academy/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music & FX: This podcast uses sounds from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://freesound.org/s/417560/…

People in this episode

Host: The Academy at the University of Liverpool

Guest: Liz Dean OBE

Topics covered

• female leadership
• transport
• local government
• collaboration
• career development

Keywords

• female leadership
• transport
• local government
• collaboration
• Merseytravel
• Liverpool City Region
• OBE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Liverpool City Council, Merseytravel, The Academy

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