Each member of the Council's Executive Leadership Team (ELT) has key areas of responsibility, but together are jointly responsible (under the Chief Executive) for turning the strategic direction of the Council, set by its elected councillors, into operational policy.
ELT is also responsible for the forward-looking approach to delivering services and its transformation programme, ensuring the Council is best placed to meet the future needs of the community within the funding available.
This involves working in partnership with other local authorities, the private, public and voluntary sectors and ensuring service delivery changes to meet the demands of new legislation.
All ELT post holders are non-political and cannot participate in party political activity.
They give advice and assistance to all councillors irrespective of their political party.
Chief Executive
Andrew Blake Herbert
Pay scale - from £189,786 to £196,755
Strategic Directors
Pay scale - from £150,927 to £169,254
Strategic Director of People
Barbara Nicholls
Strategic Director of Place
Neil Stubbings
Strategic Director of Resources
Kathy Freeman
Directors
Pay scale - from £128,019 to £146,346
The People Directorate
Director of Ageing Well (Adults)
Lurleen Trumpet
Director of Living Well
Patrick Odling-Smee
Director of Starting Well (Children’s)
Tara Geere
The Place Directorate
Director of Environment
Imran Kazalbash
Director of Housing and Property
Paul Walker
Director of Planning and Public Protection
Helen Oakerbee
The Resources Directorate
Director of IT, Digital and Customer Services
Mark Duff
Director of Finance
TBC
Director of Partnership, Impact and Delivery
Luke Burton
Director of Public Health, Insights, Policy and Strategy
Mark Ansell
Director of Exchequer and Transactional Services
Sarah Bryant