Posted on: 09/06/2026

Podcasts

Rebecca Davis, Chief Executive of West Midlands Employers, is joined by Steve, Director of Recruitment and Delivery at Solace in Business, and Jess Mullinger, Executive Director of Sector Support at Solace in Business. Together they explore how AI is shaping executive recruitment in local government, where it can improve efficiency and widen talent pools, and where risks around bias, authenticity and public trust remain. They also discuss pressures in the senior recruitment market and why succession planning, talent pipelines and human judgement continue to be central to effective public sector leadership.