Corporate Leadership Board
Joint Chief Executive
Pedro Wrobel
Joint Chief Executive
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Joint Strategic Directors
Ezra Wallace
Joint Strategic Director, Economy, Planning and Place
Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council
Ezra.wallace@guildford.gov.uk
Susan Sale
Joint Strategic Director, Democracy, Law & People (Monitoring Officer)
Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council
Email: susan.sale@guildford.gov.uk
Jo Knight
Joint Strategic Director, Finance (Section 151 officer)
Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council
Email: jo.knight@guildford.gov.uk
Julian Higson
Joint Strategic Director, Housing and Environment
Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council
Email: julian.higson@guildford.gov.uk
Directors for Housing, Communities and Environment
From 1 October 2025, the Directors are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:
Housing Services: Annalisa Howson
- homelessness
- housing advice
- housing maintenance and repairs
- landlord services
- responsibility for compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing's consumer standards
Environmental Services: Karyn Punchard
- bereavement
- green spaces, parks, countryside, trees
- fleet operations
- street cleaning
- waste and recycling
Community Services: Sam Hutchison
- careline
- community grants
- community safety, including CS partnership
- disabled facilities grants, adaptations
- family support
- health
- safeguarding
- supporting vulnerable people, migrants and refugees
Directors for Economy, Planning and Place
From 1 October 2025, the Directors are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:
Planning Development: Claire Upton-Brown
- planning applications
- planning enforcement
- planning integration and improvement
- planning policy
Regeneration and Economic Development: Abi Lewis
- corporate capital projects
- economic development
- regeneration
- housing delivery
- design
- conservation and transport
Communications and Customer Services: Nicola Haymes
- complaints
- ombudsman
- customer services
- case management
- digital services
- FOI
- ICT and business systems
Regulatory Services: Suzanne Robinson
- air quality
- corporate health and safety
- emergency planning
- environmental health and crime
- food safety
- licensing
- private sector housing
Directors for Finance and Resources
From 1 October 2025, the Directors are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:
Assets and Property: Marieke van der Reijden
- property and land assets
- engineers
- facilities
Commercial Services: Kelvin Mills
- building control
- events
- heritage
- leisure
- parking (on and off street)
- Waverley training services
Finance: Candice Keet
- financial planning, forecasting and management reporting of Reserves, General Fund, HRA and Capital
- council tax collection
- business rates
- housing benefit
- income collection
- risk management
- procurement
- treasury management
- MTFP, Budget setting and final accounts
Directors for Legal and Democratic Services
From 1 October 2025, the Directors are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:
Democracy and Governance: Alex Polak
- cabinet office (support to Executive councillors)
- civic office
- democratic services
- electoral services
- executive support (support to Joint Leadership Team officers)
Legal Services and Information Governance: Claire Beesly
- legal services - planning, contracts and litigation law
- information governance, including Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests.
Joint Director of People & OD: Claire Weavis
- HR
- learning and development
- payroll
Director for Strategy and Corporate Services
From 1 October 2025, the Directors are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:
Strategy and Corporate Services: Luke Harvey
- climate change
- communications and engagement
- strategy, policy and performance
- programme assurance
- risk management, business continuity.
Director for Transformation
From 1 October 2025, the Directors are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:
Transformation: Perry Ashton
- Business transformation