Corporate Management Team
Our Corporate Management Team consists of corporate directors who represent our main directorates. They provide:
- the managerial leadership and direction of the council
- the formal response to Cabinet policy direction
- council-wide policy and initiatives for Cabinet consideration
- co-ordination and commissioning of council-wide activity, planning, programme management.
They are responsible for a budget of £2.4 billion and more than 12,000 staff (excluding school staff). They lead a complex organisation that works in partnership with other public agencies, local business and the voluntary and community sector.
Amanda Beer
Chief Executive
Richard Smith
Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Health
Sarah Hammond
Corporate Director Children, Young People and Education
John Betts
Interim Corporate Director Finance
Simon Jones
Corporate Director Growth, Environment and Transport
David Whittle
Director of Strategy, Policy, Relationships and Corporate Assurance
Dr Anjan Ghosh
Director of Public Health
Lisa Gannon
Director of Technology
Rebecca Spore
Director of Infrastructure
Paul Royel
Director of Human Resources and Organisation Development
Benjamin Watts
General Counsel