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:  £177,942

Reporting to the Chief Executive

Emma Gee – Interim Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services (DEGNS)

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:  £123,326 – £149,766

Melissa Wise – Executive Director Communities and Adult Social Care (DCASC)

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:  £123,326 – £149,766

Charlie Stewart – Executive Director Resources (DoR)

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:  £123,326 – £149,766

Louisa Dean – Head of Communications and Marketing

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

Grade: RSMB

Salary: £80,431 – £93,887

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: £90,896 – £105,836

Darren Carter – Section 151 Officer and 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:  £114,896 – £129,836

Michael Graham – Monitoring Officer and 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: £90,896 – £105,836

Vacant – Assistant Director of Procurement and Contracts

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

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

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: £90,896 – £105,836

Ade Marques – Assistant Director of Digital and IT

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

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

Reporting to Emma Gee – Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services

Chris Wheeler – 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: £90,896 – £105,836

Vacant – Assistant Director Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services

• Planning
• Regulatory Services
• Transport

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

Charan Dhillon – Assistant Director of Property and Asset Management

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

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

Donna Pentelow – Assistant Director of Culture

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

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

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 + MS

Salary: £99,504 – £114,444

Natalie Waters – Interim Assistant Director Housing Landlord Services Communities

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

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

Bryony Hall – Interim Assistant Director Strategic Housing, Housing Needs and Communities

Grade: RSMA

Salary: £90,896 – £105,836

Lara Fromings – Acting Assistant Director of Transformation, Commissioning and Performance

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

Grade: RSMA + MS

Salary: £99,504 – £114,444

Jo Purser – Deputy 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 + MS

Salary: £103,896 – £118,836

Dr Matthew Pearce – Director for Public Health

(A joint appointment for Reading Borough Council and West Berkshire Council)

• Public health lead for Reading and West Berkshire
• 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: £110,616 – £137,056

Contact details

Tel: Contact Centre 0118 937 3787

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