Paul Frainer
Paul Frainer is an accomplished executive, digital leader in place, planning, economy, infrastructure and investment with extensive expertise in business planning and growth strategy, policy and strategy, and digital. He has a proven track record in complex transformation and change programmes, governance and organisational design. As a C-suite advisor he brings a large and diverse network across a range of portfolios including central and local government as well as deep experience in programme management, agile delivery and project recovery.
Paul is a qualified strategic planner and economic development professional, adept at spatial planning, strategic visioning, partnership management, networking, and investment strategy.
Paul works with The Good Economy’s Place-Based Impact Investment Advisory Services team, specifically shaping the demand and local government market and connecting institutional capital to place requirements for new infrastructure, supply chains and businesses that delivers real benefits to local people and places in collaboration with others.
He provides advice, guidance, written content and support relating to the interdependencies between policy changes that affect LGPS pooling and
Place Based Impact Investing, especially but not limited to:
- LGPS and Combined Authority Advisory – Investment matching and pipeline, criteria and impact measurement
- Local Government Reform and Devolution – Strategic Planning and the reintroduction of statutory strategic plans as investment frameworks
- Local Growth Plans and interdependencies for institutional investment alignment of investment strategy to investable opportunities at sub regional geographies
- HMG Policy implications from planning reform and related reorganisation
- Digital and innovation – Product development advisory and integrated data opportunities mapping for PBII and institutional investment opportunity matching