Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser) to the Iraq Inquiry. Powell has four children: two daughters with his partner, Sarah Helm, and two sons from a previous marriage. Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser) Jonathan Nicholas Powell (born 14 August 1956) is a British diplomat who served as the first Downing Street Chief of Staff, under British prime minister Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007. He was the only senior adviser to last the whole period of Blair's leadership. During this period Powell was also the chief British negotiator on Northern Ireland. In 2007, Powell joined Morgan Stanley as a full-time senior managing director of its investment banking
Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace) is a representative body for senior strategic managers working in the public sector in the United Kingdom. Legally "The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace Group) Ltd." (formally The Solace Foundation) is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 16 August 2000. Jo Miller, Chief Executive of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council is the 2017 president of the organisation. Mark Rogers, the chief executive of Birmingham City Council was the previous president. It