Clive Grace, former director general of the Audit Commission in Wales, has been appointed chair of the Local Better Regulation Office by chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Hilary Armstrong. Mr Grace is currently chairman of Supporta plc, a company providing services to the public and private sectors, and will take up his new post in June. He is also honorary research fellow at the Centre for Local and Regional Governance in Cardiff Business School and chairman of the Solace Foundation Imprint. Previously chief executive at Torfaen CBC, he left the Audit Commission in Wales in 2005. His is the first appointment to the LBRO, which is being established as part of the Government's drive to make regulation simpler, more effective and better value for money.
