Our management teams

Corporate Leadership Team

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

Dawn Hudd - Chief Executive
Philippa Dart - Director of Environment and Communities
Karl Roberts - Director of Growth
Antony Baden - Group Head of Finance and Section 151 Officer
Daniel Bainbridge - Group Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

Senior Leadership Team

The Senior Leadership Team is made up of the chief executive, two directors and 7 group heads.

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

Reporting to Dawn Hudd are the two Directors, Philippa Dart and Karl Roberts and 2 of the 7 Group Heads, Antony Baden and Daniel Bainbridge.

Daniel Bainbridge - Group Head of Law and Governance is responsible for:

committee services
elections
FOI
GDPR
member services
legal services
corporate complaints

Antony Baden - Group Head of S151 and Finance is responsible for:

revenues and benefits
customer services
finance transactions
treasury management
audit
procurement

Reporting to Philippa Dart, Director of the Environment and Communities Directorate are Richard Tomkinson, and Joe Russell-Wells.

Richard Tomkinson - Group Head of Housing and Wellbeing and Communities is responsible for:

housing options
housing revenue account
registered providers and social landlords
homelessness
neighbourhood services
business improvement
repairs and maintenance
assets and development
wellbeing
community safety
safeguarding
community liaison

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

carbon reduction climate adaption
habitat creation
coastal engineers
flood prevention
foreshore
parks and cemeteries
trees
landscapes and project delivery
emergency planning
combined cleaning contract
Lifeline
events
leisure

Reporting to Karl Roberts, Director of the Growth Directorate are Neil Crowther, Nat Slade and Jackie Follis.

Neil Crowther - Group Head of CPO Planning is responsible for:

planning policy
enforcement
DM
historic buildings
conservation
CIL

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

parking
property and estates
facilities
private sector housing
environmental health
licensing
building control
land charges
street naming and numbering
economic regeneration
major regeneration projects

Jackie Follis - Group Head of Organisational Excellence is responsible for:

performance management
organisational development
organisational intelligence
HR and payroll
communications
marketing
customer insight
technology and digital
print and post

Contact

The contact details for our Senior Leadership Team are:

Dawn Hudd
Chief Executive

Phone 01903 737600

Email dawn.hudd@arun.gov.uk

Philippa Dart
Director of Environment and Communities

Phone 01903 737811

Email philippa.dart@arun.gov.uk

karl roberts

Karl Roberts
Director of Growth

Phone 01903 737760

Email karl.roberts@arun.gov.uk

Jackie Follis

Jackie Follis
Group Head of Organisational Excellence

Phone 01903 737580

Email jackie.follis@arun.gov.uk

Daniel Bainbridge
Group Head of Law and Governance

Phone 01903 737607

Email daniel.bainbridge@arun.gov.uk

Antony Baden
Group Head of Finance and Section 151 Officer

Phone 01903 737558

Email antony.baden@arun.gov.uk

Neil Crowther

Neil Crowther
Group Head of Planning

Phone 01903 737839

Email neil.crowther@arun.gov.uk

Nat Slade

Nat Slade
Group Head of Technical Services

Phone 01903 737683

Email nat.slade@arun.gov.uk

Joe Russell Wells

Joe Russell-Wells
Group Head of Environment and Climate Change

Phone 01903 737914

Email joe.russell-wells@arun.gov.uk

Richard Tomkinson group head of housing

Richard Tomkinson
Group Head of Housing, Wellbeing and Communities

Phone 01903 737719

Email richard.tomkinson@arun.gov.uk

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