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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
Director of Growth
Phone 01903 737760
Email karl.roberts@arun.gov.uk
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
Group Head of Planning
Phone 01903 737839
Email neil.crowther@arun.gov.uk
Nat Slade
Group Head of Technical Services
Phone 01903 737683
Email nat.slade@arun.gov.uk
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, Wellbeing and Communities
Phone 01903 737719