Bright, Jon: - Until 2014, Jon was a senior civil servant in the UK Government. Posts included Director of Homelessness and Housing Support, Regional Director of the Government Office for the South West, and senior positions in the Government's Neighbourhood Renewal and Social Exclusion Units. He was also seconded to Birmingham City Council as Director of Policy. Before joining the Civil Service, he led two national organisations focused on crime reduction and urban safety. Since leaving the Civil Service, he has been CEO of two charities in Oxfordshire, Community First and Citizens Advice. Earlier in his career, he was awarded a Harkness Fellowship to study in the USA and is the author of two other books. He now contributes to training programmes for overseas civil servants and undertakes occasional consultancy and writing projects.