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Corporate Management Team

Joint Chief Executive

Pedro Wrobel headshot

Pedro Wrobel
Joint Chief Executive
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
 

Joint Strategic Directors

Ian Doyle Service Delivery Director

Ian Doyle
Joint Strategic Director, Transformation & Governance
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: ian.doyle@guildford.gov.uk

Dawn Hudd

Dawn Hudd
Joint Strategic Director, Place
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: dawn.hudd@guildford.gov.uk

Susan Sale
Joint Strategic Director, Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer)
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: susan.sale@guildford.gov.uk

Richard Bates
Interim Joint Strategic Director, Finance (Section 151 officer)
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: richard.bates@guildford.gov.uk

Julian Higson
Interim Joint Strategic Director, Housing and Environment
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: julian.higson@guildford.gov.uk

Executive Heads of Service for Community Wellbeing

From 1 October 2022, the Executive Heads are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:

Community Wellbeing

Communications and Customer Services: Nicola Haymes

  • communications and engagement
  • complaints
  • ombudsman
  • customer services
  • case management
  • digital services
  • FOI
  • ICT and business systems

Community Services: Sam Hutchinson

  • careline
  • community grants
  • community safety, including CS partnership
  • disabled facilities grants, adaptations
  • family support
  • health
  • safeguarding
  • supporting vulnerable people, migrants and refugees

Environmental Services: Mark Allen (Interim)

  • bereavement
  • green spaces, parks, countryside, trees
  • fleet operations
  • street cleaning
  • waste and recycling

Housing Services: Annalisa Howson

  • homelessness
  • housing advice
  • housing maintenance and repairs
  • landlord services

Executive Heads of Service for Place

From 1 October 2022, the Executive Heads are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:

Place

Executive Head of Assets and Property: Marieke van der Reijden

  • property and land assets
  • engineers
  • facilities

Executive Head of Planning Development: Claire Upton-Brown

  • planning applications
  • planning enforcement
  • planning integration and improvement

Executive Head of Regeneration and Planning Policy: Abi Lewis

  • corporate capital projects
  • economic development
  • housing delivery
  • planning policy, design, conservation and transport
  • regeneration

Executive Head of Regulatory Services: Richard Homewood

  • air quality
  • corporate health and safety
  • emergency planning
  • environmental health and crime
  • food safety
  • licensing
  • private sector housing

Executive Heads of Service for Transformation and Governance

From 1 October 2022, the Executive Heads are responsible for these functions across both Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council:

Transformation and Governance

Commercial Services: Kelvin Mills

  • building control
  • events
  • heritage
  • leisure
  • parking (on and off street)
  • Waverley training services

Organisational Development: Robin Taylor

  • business transformation
  • climate change
  • HR, payroll, learning and development 
  • strategy, policy and performance
  • programme assurance
  • risk management and business continuity