Little over a month into his new role as director of children's services in Surrey, Nick Wilson seems at home navigating the massive shifts in policy being thrown at him by the coalition.
Having acted as his predecessor's deputy for more than four years it may be unsurprising that through a period where policy changes, reviews and U-turns seem to be the daily bread of government, Wilson appears to be focused and excited by the challenge.
With jobs at two London councils under his belt before his move to Surrey in 2001 he has had experience of government reforms on local authority work, but not, he says, on the scale of the past year.
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