Elaine joined West Sussex County Council in 2001, to lead the searches team. Prior to this she worked in banking and has steered the council’s CON29 product to become more competitive. Elaine has a MSc in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and has been able to transform how the County Council deals with the information involved in a highways response to the CON29, making it entirely GIS-based. Elaine advocates for County Councils in the HMLR programme, and is committed to promoting data sharing and exchange, and improvements that GIS can bring to processes.