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Service Responsibilities

Corporate Services

Within the Corporate Management Team, 'Corporate Services' are overseen by Ian Floyd, Chief Operating Officer.

Service responsibilities within Corporate Services are within the remit of:


Chief Operating Officer - Ian Floyd

Email: ian.floyd@york.gov.uk
For more information read Ian's profile.

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Sara Storey Job title: Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Integration Service areas: Adult Social Care and Integration
Name: Martin Kelly Job title: Corporate Director of Children and Education Service areas: Children and Education
Name: Bryn Roberts Job title: Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer Service areas: Governance
Name: Peter Roderick Job title: Director of Public Health Service areas: Public Health
Name: Pauline Stuchfield Job title: Director of Customer and Communities Service areas: Customer and Communities
Name: James Gilchrist Job title: Director of Environment, Transport and Planning Service areas: Environment, Transport and Planning
Name: Garry Taylor Job title: Director of City Development Service areas: City Development
Name: Debbie Mitchell Job title: Director of Finance and S151 Officer Service areas: Finance
Name: Helen Whiting Job title: Chief Human Resources and Support Services Officer Service areas: Human Resources and Support Services

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Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer - Bryn Roberts

Email: bryn.roberts@york.gov.uk
For more information read Bryn's profile.

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Lindsay Tomlinson Job title: Head of Democratic Governance and Deputy Monitoring Officer Service areas: Democratic Governance
Name: Frances Harrison Job title: Head of Legal Services and Deputy Monitoring Officer Service areas: Legal Services
Name: Lorraine Lunt Job title: Corporate Governance Team Manager (Data Protection Officer) Service areas: Customer Complaints and Feedback, and Information Governance

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Director of Customer and Communities - Pauline Stuchfield

Email: pauline.stuchfield@york.gov.uk
For more information read Pauline's profile.

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Laura Williams Job title: Assistant Director of Customer, Communities and Inclusion Service areas: Customer, Communities and Inclusion
Name: Michael Jones Job title: Assistant Director of Housing Service areas: Housing
Name: Eilidh Carricker Job title: Head of Corporate Customer Services Service areas: Corporate Customer Services

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Assistant Director of Customer, Communities and Inclusion - Laura Williams

Email: laura.williams@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Joe Micheli Job title: Head of Communities Service areas: Communities
Name: Andrew Laslett Job title: Strategic Services Manager Service areas: Client Management of CYC leisure facilities
Name: Paul Cliff Job title: Joint Strategic Head of Learning Service areas: Learning
Name: Angie Padfield Job title: Head of York Learning Service areas: York Learning

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Assistant Director of Housing - Michael Jones

Email: michael.jones@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Denis Southall Job title: Head of Housing Management and Housing Options Service areas: Housing Management and Homeless and Housing Options
Name: Vicky Japes Job title: Head of Housing Strategy and Performance Service areas: Housing Strategy and Performance
Name: Paul Hester Job title: Head of Building Services Service areas: Building Services
Name: Anthony Dean Job title: Healthy and Sustainable Homes Manager Service areas: Health and Sustainable Homes
Name: Sophie Round Job title: Housing Delivery Programme Manager Service areas: Housing Delivery Programme

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Director of Environment, Transport and Planning - James Gilchrist

Email: james.gilchrist@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Michael Howard Job title: Head of Highways and Transport Service areas: Highways and Transport
Name: Matt Boxall Job title: Head of Public Protection Service areas: Public Protection and Regional Investigations
Name: Becky Eades Job title: Head of Planning and Development Services Service areas: Planning and Development Services
Name: Ben Grabham Job title: Head of Environmental Services Service areas: Environmental Services, including Waste and Public Realm
Name: Jane Mowat Job title: Head of Community Safety Service areas: Community Safety
Name: Steve Wragg Job title: Head of Highway Asset Management Service areas: Highway Asset Management
Name: Steve Ball Job title: Resilience and Contingencies Manager Service areas: Resilience and Contingencies

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Director City Development – Garry Taylor

Email: garry.taylor@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Claire Foale Job title: Chief Strategy Officer Service areas: Strategy
Name: Alison Cooke Job title: Head of Strategic Planning Policy Service areas:

York’s Local Plan, Neighbourhood Planning, General Planning Policy Advice, Community Infrastructure Levy, Land Use Monitoring

Name: Julie Burns Job title: Interim Head of City Development Service areas: City Development (Economy, Regeneration, Inward Investment and Business Growth, Strategic Planning Policy
Name: Tony Corby Job title: Head of Inward Investment and Business Growth Service areas: Inward Investment and Business Growth

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Chief Strategy Officer - Claire Foale

Email: claire.foale@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Shaun Gibbons Job title: Head of Carbon Reduction Service areas: Carbon Reduction
Name: Jonathan Byrne Job title: Interim Head of Communications and Engagement Service areas: Communications
Name: Sam Blyth Job title: Strategic Manager Service areas: Corporate Strategy and City Partnerships

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Chief Human Resources (HR) and Support Services Officer - Helen Whiting

Email: helen.whiting@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Roy Grant Job title: Head of ICT and Digital Services Service areas: ICT and Digital Services
Name: Jane Benson Job title: Head of Business Support Service areas: Business Support
Name: Stuart Langston Job title: Head of Health and Safety Service areas: Health and Safety (NYC shared service)
Name: Sarah Butcher Job title: Corporate Support Manager Service areas: Executive Support to CLG Members
Name: Claire Waind Job title: HR Manager Service areas: HR Advisory for Children, Education and Adult Directorates
Name: Kay Crabtree Job title: HR Manager Service areas: HR Advisory for Community and Housing Directorate, Transport, Environment and Highways Directorate, Corporate Services and Public Health
Name: Judith Bennett Job title: HR Manager Service areas: HR Policy, Pay, Reward, Strategy and HR Benefits
Name: Sophie Draper Job title: HR Manager Service areas: HR Resourcing, Recruitment, Apprenticeships
Name: Linda How Job title: HR Manager Service areas: HR Systems, Training and Development, Performance and Change

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Director of Finance - Debbie Mitchell

Email: debbie.mitchell@york.gov.uk
For more information read Debbie's profile.

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Patrick Looker Job title: Assistant Director of Finance Service areas: Finance
Name: Ian Cunningham Job title: Head of Business Intelligence Service areas: Business Intelligence
Name: Nicholas Collins Job title: Head of Property Service areas: Property
Name: Chloe Wilcox Job title: Head of Procurement Service areas: Procurement
Name: David Walker Job title: Head of Customer Finance, Risk & Insurance Service areas: Customer Finance, Risk & Insurance
Name: Alice Beckwith Job title: Chief Officer Transformation Service areas: Transformation

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Assistant Director of Finance - Patrick Looker

Email: patrick.looker@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Richard Hartle Job title: Finance Manager Service areas: Finance (Education and Children Services)
Name: Steve Tait Job title: Finance Manager Service areas: Finance (Adult Services)
Name: Emma Audrain Job title: Principal Accountant Service areas: Finance (Technical Finance)
Name: Vacant Job title: Principal Accountant Service areas: Finance (Corporate Services)

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Director of Public Health - Peter Roderick

Email: peter.roderick@york.gov.uk

For more information read Peter's profile.

Name Job title Service areas
Name: Vacant Job title: Assistant Director, Consultant in Public Health Service areas: Public Health
Name: Anita Dobson Job title: Nurse Consultant in Public Health Service areas: Public Health

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