Our management teams

Corporate Leadership Team

Our Chief Executive is Dawn Hudd and our Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) is comprised of the following:

Dawn Hudd - Chief Executive
Karl Roberts - Deputy Chief Executive
Antony Baden - Director of Resources (Section 151 Officer)
Daniel Bainbridge - Assistant Director of Governance, People & Performance (Monitoring Officer)
Richard Tomkinson - Assistant Director of Housing, Wellbeing and Communities

Dawn Hudd has management responsibilities for Karl Roberts, Antony Baden, Daniel Bainbridge and Richard Tomkinson.

Senior Leadership Team

The Senior Leadership Team is made up of 11 people: the chief executive, deputy chief executive, director of resources, 2 assistant directors and 6 group heads. The following graphic illustrates the Senior Leadership Team:

Senior Leadership Team structure chart

Our Chief Executive, Dawn Hudd, is at the top of the structure chart.

Karl Roberts, Antony Baden, Daniel Bainbridge and Richard Tomkinson are below Dawn on the structure chart.

Karl Roberts, Deputy Chief Executive, has management responsibility for three Group Heads who are Nat Slade, Neil Crowther, and Joe Russell-Wells.

Nat Slade, Group Head of Technical Services is responsible for:

Environmental Health
Private Sector Housing
Business, Economy and Regeneration
Property and Estates
Licensing
Land Charges
Street naming and numbering

Neil Crowther, Group Head of Planning and Building Control is responsible for:

Local Plan and policy
Strategic Development
Development management and enforcement
Building Control
Technical Support (enforcement)

Joe Russell-Wells, Group Head of Environment and Climate Change is responsible for:

Climate Change and Sustainability
Landscape and Project Delivery
Leisure
Parks, Cemeteries, Trees and Landscapes
Cleansing and Street Scene
Emergency Planning
Flooding and Coastal Engineering

Antony Baden, Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer has management responsibility for two Group Heads who are Shellie Bushell and Paul Symes.

Shellie Bushell, Group Head of Financial Services and Deputy Section 151 officer is responsible for:

Finance
Revenues and Benefits

Paul Symes, Group Head of Support Services is responsible for:

Customer Services
Facilities
Technology and Digital
Print and Post
Car Parks

Daniel Bainbridge, Assistant Director of Governance, People and Performance and Monitoring Officer has management responsibility for a number of officers and his area is responsible for:

Legal Services and Deputy Monitoring Officer
Committee Services
People Services
Information Management and Corporate Complaints
Communications and Marketing
Policy and Performance
Electoral Services

Richard Tomkinson, Assistant Director of Housing, Wellbeing and Communities has management responsibility for a number of officers including the Group Head of Housing, Wellbeing and Communities.

The position of Group Head of Housing, Wellbeing and Communities is currently vacant but this role is responsible for: