Barely a day goes by at the moment without more revelations about child sexual exploitation (CSE) or abuse, and at the centre of the storm lies – this time, at least – Rotherham MBC.

And entering the centre of the Rotherham storm, heading up the intervention team appointed by communities secretary Eric Pickles, is Sir Derek Myers – the former chief executive of both Kensington & Chelsea RLBC and Hammersmith & Fulham LBC and one of the key architects of the tri-borough partnership.