Corporate Management Team
Joint Chief Executive
Tom Horwood
Joint Chief Executive
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: tom.horwood@waverley.gov.uk
Joint Strategic Directors
Ian Doyle
Joint Strategic Director, Transformation & Governance
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: ian.doyle@guildford.gov.uk
Dawn Hudd
Joint Strategic Director, Place
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: dawn.hudd@guildford.gov.uk
Annie Righton
Joint Strategic Director, Community Wellbeing
Guildford Borough Council & Waverley Borough Council
Email: annie.righton@waverley.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
Executive Head of Communications and Customer Services: Nicola Haymes
- communications and engagement
- complaints
- ombudsman
- customer services
- case management
- digital services
- FOI
- ICT and business systems
Executive Head of Community Services: Sam Hutchinson
- careline
- community grants
- community safety, including community safety partnership
- disabled facilities grants and adaptations
- family support
- health
- safeguarding
- supporting vulnerable people, migrants and refugees
Executive Head of Environmental Services: Chris Wheeler
- bereavement
- green spaces, parks, countryside, trees
- fleet operations
- street cleaning
- waste and recycling
Executive Head of Housing Services: Andrew Smith
- 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
Executive Head of Commercial Services: Kelvin Mills
- building control
- events
- heritage
- leisure
- parking (on and off street)
- Waverley training services
Executive Head of Finance: Richard Bates
(Section 151 Officer)
- finance and accounting
- internal audit
- procurement
- revenues and benefits
Executive Head of Legal and Democratic Services: Susan Sale
(Monitoring Officer)
- democratic and committee services
- elections
- executive and civic support
- GDPR
- information security and governance
- legal
- overview & scrutiny support
Executive Head of Organisational Development: Robin Taylor
- business transformation
- climate change
- HR, payroll, learning and development
- strategy, policy and performance
- programme assurance
- risk management and business continuity