Senior officers

Head of Paid Service

Jackie Yates – Chief Executive

Overall management to staff and for advising Councillors on how the authority should discharge the Council’s functions and the number, organisation and grading of employees required to achieve this.

Grade: Chief Executive

Salary:  £170,000

Reporting to the Chief Executive

Keith Townsend – Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services

Lead for all services within the directorate which include:

• Culture
• Planning, Transport and Public Protection
• Infrastructure, Economy and Growth
• Climate Strategy
• Environmental and Commercial Services
• Property and Assets

Grade: CDIR + MS

Salary:  £116,979 – £139,976

Melissa Wise – Executive Director of Adult Care and Health Services

Statutory Director of Adult Social Services (DASS)

Lead for all services within the directorate which include:

• Adult Care Services
• Safeguarding, Quality and Performance
• Wellbeing and Public Health for Reading

Grade: CDIR + MS

Salary:  £117,269 – £143,826

Charlie Stewart – Executive Director Resources

Lead for all services within the directorate which include:

• HR and OD
• Finance
• Legal and Democratic Services
• Procurement and Contracts
• Corporate Improvement and Customer Services
• ICT and Digital

Grade: CDIR + MS

Salary:  £116,979 – £141,901

Lara Patel – Executive Director of Children’s Services, Education and Early Help

(20% for RBC, seconded to Brighter Futures for Children for 80% of time)

• Statutory Director of Children’s Services (DCS)
• Children’s Social Care
• Education
• Early Help and Prevention
• Quality & Improvement

Grade: CDIR + MS

Salary:  £116,979 – £141,901

John Ashton – Interim Director for Public Health

(Berkshire West covers Reading, West Berkshire and, Wokingham councils)

• Lead for public health across Berkshire West
• Deliver improvements in the health and wellbeing of residents
• Reduce inequalities in health outcomes
• Protect local communities from threats to their health through infectious diseases, environmental and other public health hazards.

Grade: CDIR

Salary: £104,269 – £129,191

Louisa Dean – Head of Communications and Marketing

• External and, internal communications
• Digital design
• Events and civic engagements
• Berkshire Lieutenancy Office
• Marketing

Grade: RSMB

Salary: £75,816 – £88,500

Reporting to Charlie Stewart – Executive Director Resources

Kathryn Cook – Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development

• H&S for staff & public
• Payroll & Pensions
• Resourcing/ recruitment
• HR advice & support
• OD & Workforce Development
• Staff Nursery
• Emergency planning and risk management

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Darren Carter – Director of Finance

(Section 151 Officer)

• Accountancy – Analysts
• Accountancy – Systems
• Accountancy – Technical •Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Business Partnering
• Revenues and Benefits
• Internal Audit
• Fraud and investigation

Grade: RSMA + MS

Salary:  £109,680 – £123,763

Michael Graham – Assistant Director of Legal and Democratic Services

(Monitoring Officer)

• Legal Services
• Joint Legal Team
• Democratic Services
• Electoral Services
• Information Governance
• Customer Relations

Grade: RSMA

Salary £85,680 – £99,763

Jonathan Hopkins – Assistant Director of Procurement and Contracts

• Procurement
• Contract Management
• BFfC Contract oversight
• Finance system new/ amended supplier requests

Grade: RSMA •Salary £85,680 – £99,763

Gavin Handford – Assistant Director Policy, Performance and Customer Service

• Call Centre & Customer Hub
• Delivery Unit
• Corporate Improvement
• Policy & Performance
• Voluntary Sector
• Registration & Bereavement

Grade: RSMA •Salary £85,680 – £99,763

Martin Chalmers – Chief Digital and Information Officer

• ICT operations
• Business partnerships and applications
• ICT programme
• Client management
• Website
• Digitalisation programme

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Reporting to Keith Townsend – Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services

Trevor Pugh – Interim Assistant Director of Environmental and Commercial Services

• Street Care Services
• Neighbourhood Services
• Business Development
• Refuse Collection
• Parks and Open Spaces
• Highways
• RE3 Waste Services
• Housing Property Services

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

James Crosbie – Assistant Director Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services

• Planning
• Regulatory Services
• Transport

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Charan Dhillon – Assistant Director of Property and Asset Management

• Assets
• Property Development
• Sustainability
• Corporate Property Services
• Education Assets

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Donna Pentelow – Assistant Director of Culture

• Library Services
• Cultural Services
• Leisure and Recreation
• New Directions

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Emma Gee – Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Economy and Capital Projects

• Infrastructure, economic growth and capital projects
• Co-ordination of the Directorate’s input to the democratic processes, developing and implementing strategies and processes
• Deputise for Executive Director

Grade: RSMA + MS

Salary: £96,180 – £110,263

Reporting to Melissa Wise – Executive Director of Adult Care and Health Services

Sunny Mehmi – Assistant Director of Adult Social Care

Adult Social Care Operational Services

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Zelda Wolfle – Assistant Director of Housing and Communities

• Housing Operations
• Community Safety and Enablement
• Strategic Housing and Development
• Homes for Reading

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Chris Greenway – Interim Assistant Director of Commissioning and Performance

• BCF Project Manager (jointly with HoS)
• ASC Transformation PMO
• Matrix management oversight across the directorate

Grade: RSMA + MS

Salary: £99,288 – £113,371

Martin White – Consultant in Public Health

• Advise on public health issues and improvement
• Lead /influence development of strategic plans to improve health and wellbeing of residents Influence commissioning aspirations across Reading

Grade: RSMB + MS

Salary: £80,816 – £93,500

Sue Ross – Interim Director of Safeguarding, Quality and Practice

• Strategic and operational Safeguarding
• Data Performance
• Quality
• Approved Mental Health Practitioner’s (AMHP)
• Forensic services
• Deputies
• Principal Social Worker

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £85,680 – £99,763

Contact details

Tel: Contact Centre 0118 937 3787

Address: Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU