Council services are provided by seven directorates, three headed by Executive Directors and four by Strategic Directors. There is more information about some of these posts on the Chief Officers page.

Each directorate is made up of a number of services, each of which is managed by a service head. These are shown below, together with some of the key areas for which they are responsible:

Senior officers

Senior officers and positions
Position Name
Chief Executive Martin Esom
Interim Executive Director of Adult Social Care Glynnis Joffe
Interim Executive Director of Children and Young People Services Alan Adams
Executive Director of Environment and Regeneration Shifa Mustafa
Chief Finance Officer John Turnbull
Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer Daniel Fenwick
Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development Althea Loderick
Assistant Director Strategy and Communications Position vacant
Assistant Director Residents First Michele Moloney

Executive directorates

Adult Social Care

Adult Social Care organisational chart
Position Name Role
Interim Executive Director Glynnis Joffe Executive Director and Chief Social Services Officer
Interim Head of Strategic Commissioning Susan Anderson-Carr  
Interim Head of Provision and Independence Dee Colam  
Head of Assessment and Care Management Claudia Thompson  

Children and Young People Services

Children and Young People Services organisational chart
Position Name Role
Executive Director Alan Adams Executive Director of Children and Young People Services.
Interim Deputy Director
Children and Young People Services
(Children and Families)
Nicky Pace Children's Safeguarding & Protection (Referral and Assessment), Children's Safeguarding & Protection (Planning and Intervention), Placements and Resource Service, Children in Care, Protection, Plans and Partnerships
Deputy Director Children and Young People Services
(Education for Communities)
Leora Cruddas

Early Intervention and Prevention Service, Education Support Service, Integrated Youth Support Service, Special Educational Needs (SEN), Suntrap Centre,  Youth Offending Team (YOT), Commissioning, Contract Management, Education Improvement Support Service

Assistant Director of Finance for the Families Group Duncan Pike Children and Young People Services and Adult Social Care Finance

Environment and Regeneration

Environment and Regeneration organisational chart
Position Name Role
Executive Director Shifa Mustafa Executive Director of Environment and Regeneration
Director of Housing and Safe & Strong Communities Paul Langford Housing, Community Safety, Drugs and Crime
Interim Director of Development and Leisure Steven Boyes Development Management, Building Control, Land Charges, Spatial Planning, Economic Development, Physical Regeneration, Olympics, Leisure, Outdoor Events, CLASS (Adult Education), Sports Development, Catering Services
Director of Public Realm

Keith Hanshaw

Highways, Parking, Road Safety, Traffic Management, Refuse and Recycling, Street Cleansing, Parks, Open Spaces, Cemeteries, Arboriculture, Allotments, Enforcement and Environmental Health
Assistant Director of Property and Major Projects Moira Bishop Assets and Capital Strategy, School Place Planning, School Organisation, Major Capital Programmes, Property
Head of Delivery Marina Dimopoulou Programme Management, Service Improvement Performance, Improvement Communications

Strategic directorates

Finance

Finance organisational chart
Position Name Role
Chief Finance Officer John Turnbull Director of Finance
Assistant Director of Finance Bob Byron Corporate Finance, Strategy and Resources
Assistant Director of Finance Terry Borkett Financial Planning
Assistant Director of Finance Duncan Pike

Children and Young People Services,

Adult Social Care

Assistant Director of Finance Betty Varnava

Environment and Regeneration Services,

Strategic Directorates

Assistant Director of Finance Ray Gard Internal audit, anti-fraud, staff vetting

Governance and Law

Governance and Law organisational chart
Position Name Role
Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Law, and Monitoring Officer Daniel Fenwick Corporate Governance, Democratic Services, Legal Services, Electoral Registration
Head of Democratic Services Peter Bailey Committee Services, Members and Mayoral Support, Electoral Services
Acting Head of Community Law Kim Travis Community Care Law, Information and Judical Review
Head of Commercial Law Jeremy Walling Legal Services for: Planning and Environment Law, Property Law, Contract Law, Civil Litigation, Prosecutions

Human Resources and Organisational Development

Human Resources and Organisational Development organisational chart
Position Name Role
Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development Althea Loderick Personnel and HR strategy, Learning and Development, Health and Safety

Residents First

Residents First organisational chart
Position Name Role
Assistant Director, Residents First Michele Moloney  
Customer Services Manager Sally Hodgson  
Service Excellence and Efficiency Manager Ben Plant  
Head of Libraries, Museums, Galleries and Archives Lorna Lee  
Community Engagement Manager Claire Witney  

Strategy and Communications

Strategy and Communications organisational chart
Position Name Role
Head of Strategy and Public Affairs Rhona Cadenhead  

Senior officers' pay and expenses

To increase the transparency of Council finances we will publish and update details of senior officers’ pay and expenses every year every year:

We will publish:

  • Salary bands of the Council’s Chief Executive, directors and senior management grades
  • Annual expenses and, where possible, categories of expenses

Where employee's have given their consent under the Data Protection Act 1998, additional information will also be provided.

Senior management salary bands

Senior management salary bands are listed at the end of the Council pay scales.

The Council is required under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 to publish details of the number of officers with salaries of £50,000 and over. The details for 2008/09 can be found at page 37 of the Council’s Accounts at:

www.walthamforest.gov.uk/statement-of-accounts-0809.pdf

The 2003 Regulations have been amended and, in future, more specific details will have to be published. This information will be put on the website when available.

Senior officer expenses

Expenses for 2008/09

The following information was disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in response to a request for the salary details of officers who earned more than £100,000 in the year 2008/09. The list includes those named individuals agreed to this personal data being published. It should not be read as details of current salaries or officers within the Council.

The latest details will be published on the website after the end of the current financial year and on an annual basis each year thereafter.

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