The Chief Executive's Board leads and manages the work of around 370 staff and major contracts including refuse collection, leisure provision and grounds maintenance.

Chief Executive

 Daniel GoodwinChief Executive - Daniel Goodwin
 tel:  01727 819302
 email: daniel.goodwin@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:
Managing the Council's political arrangements,
Leading the Council's employees and its work with partner organisations.

Chief Finance Officer

 Colm O'CallaghanChief Finance Officer - Colm O'Callaghan
 tel: 01727 819200
 email: colm.o'callaghan@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:
Financial Strategy, Budgets, Efficiencies, Accountancy, Revenues and Benefits, Internal Audit and Fraud investigation.
    

Chief Policy and Partnership Officer

James BlakeChief Policy and Partnership Officer - James Blake
 tel: 01727 819552
 email:

 james.blake@stalbans.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

Policy, Strategy, Communications, Performance and Risk Management, Partnerships, Community Engagement, Inclusion and Equalities, Health, Environmental Sustainability, Community Safety, Economic Development and Emergency Planning

Head of Legal, Democratic and Regulatory Services

 Mike LoveladyHead of Legal and Democratic Services - Mike Lovelady
 tel: 01727 819502
 email: mike.lovelady@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:

Monitoring Officer, Legal, Land Charges, Electoral Services and Regulatory Services including Food Safety, Health and Safety, Noise complaints, Pest Control, Licensing, Car Parks, Appeals relating to Parking Enforcement, Pollution Control and Contaminated Land.

Head of Community Services

 Richard ShweHead of Culture and Community Development - Richard Shwe
 tel: 01727 819365
 email: richard.shwe@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:

Allotments, Arts, Cemeteries, Culture, Community development, Grounds maintenance, Heritage, Museums, Parks and Open Spaces, Theatres, Tourism, Young People, Markets, Commercial and Contract Management (Grounds Maintenance, Leisure Contract, Waste Management), Street Cleaning, Procurement, Property and Asset Management.

Head of Housing

 Karen DragovicHead of Housing - Karen Dragovic
 tel: 01727 819400
 email: karen.dragovic@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:

Overall responsibility for the management and maintenance of Council Owned Housing, Housing options and policy, plus Private Sector Housing including Disabled Facilities Grants.

Head of Human Resources, Customer Services and IT

Amanda FoleyHead of Human Resources and Customer Services
tel: 01727 819308
email: amanda.foley@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:

Human Resources, Recruitment, Training and Development,  Customer Services, Business Improvement, Information and Communications Technology and FoI administration.

Head of Planning & Building Control

 Heather Cheesbroughpbc-heather-cheesbrough
 tel: 01727 819343
 email: heather.cheesbrough@stalbans.gov.uk
Responsibilities:
Development Management; including processing of planning applications and Building Control.  Local Development Framework and Spatial Planning including Design, Archaeology, Conservation, Landscape, Arboriculture, Transportation, Drainage and Project Implementation.
Date of last review: 11 April 2011