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Service Responsibilities

Corporate Services

Within the Council 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

Name Job title Service areas
Jamaila Hussain Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Integration Adult Social Care and Integration
Martin Kelly Corporate Director of Children and Education Children and Education
Neil Ferris Corporate Director of Place Place
Bryn Roberts Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer Governance
Sharon Stoltz Director of Public Health Public Health
Pauline Stuchfield Director of Customer and Communities Customer and Communities
Debbie Mitchell Chief Finance Officer and S151 Officer Corporate Finance and Procurement
Helen Whiting Head of Human Resources Human Resources and Workforce Development

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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
Claire Foale Assistant Director Policy and Strategy Policy and Strategy
Dawn Steel Head of Democratic Governance and Statutory Scrutiny Officer Democratic Governance
Frances Harrison Head of Legal Services and Deputy Monitoring Officer Legal Services
Lorraine Lunt Corporate Governance Team Manager (Data Protection Officer) Customer Complaints and Feedback, and Information Governance
Will Boardman Head of Corporate Strategy and City Partnerships Corporate Strategy and City Partnerships

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Assistant Director of Policy and Strategy - Claire Foale

Email: claire.foale@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Eddie Coates-Madden Head of Communications Communications
Ian Cunningham Head of Business Intelligence Business Intelligence
Shaun Gibbons Head of Carbon Reduction Carbon Reduction

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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
Laura Williams Assistant Director Customer, Communities and Inclusion Customer and Communities
David Walker Head of Customer and Exchequer Services Register Office, Bereavement Services (including York Crematorium), Mansion House Operations, Business Rates, Council Tax, Sundry Debts collection and Recovery, Welfare Benefits Team, Adults Income and Court of Protection Teams, Customer Centre and Web Teams
Roy Grant Head of ICT (York and Harrogate) Digital Service Programme and Development Management across all services, Client to Managed Services Contract (communications and infrastructure), ICT Compliance, Service Desk and Mobile/Print Services, Domain, System Administration, Security and Database services, Digital City Team
Jane Benson Head of Business Support Payroll and Pensions, HR business centre, Creditors, Blue Badge and parking services, Administrative support across all front line services, Scanning and mail, Staff travel

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Assistant Director of Customer, Communities and Inclusion – Laura Williams

Email: laura.williams@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Joe Micheli Head of Communities Local Area Coordination, Volunteering and social action, Family Information Service and Live Well York, Community Sport and Health Champions, Environment and Community Officers, Human Rights and Equalities, Ward teams and ward budgets, Community Hubs, Community Covenant
Andrew Laslett Strategic Services Manager Client Management of CYC leisure facilities (including York Community Stadium), Client Management of Explore York, Community Centres/facilities/projects
Paul Cliff Joint Strategic Head of Learning Joint appointment with North Yorkshire County Council
Angie Padfield Head of York Learning Community based learning programmes to support health and wellbeing and personal development, Employability and functional skills programmes, Family Learning, Apprenticeships both for the council and for small businesses, Full-time 16 to 18 including personalised learning programmes, Workplace qualifications to improve skills

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Head of Human Resources & Organisational Development – Helen Whiting

Email: helen.whiting@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Stuart Langston Head of Health and Safety Health and Safety (North Yorkshire County Council shared service)
Claire Waind HR Manager HR Advisory for People Services (Children and Adult Services)
Kay Crabtree HR Manager HR Advisory for Place Services, Corporate and Public Health
Judith Bennett HR Manager HR Pay Reward and Strategy, HR Benefits
Sophie Draper HR Manager HR Resourcing, Recruitment, Apprenticeships
Linda How HR Manager HR Systems, Training and Development, Performance and Change
Sarah Butcher Corporate Support Manager Executive and Corporate Support Management

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Chief Finance Officer – Debbie Mitchell

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

Name Job title Service areas
Patrick Looker Head of Service Finance and Deputy Chief Finance Officer Finance
Richard Hartle Finance Manager Finance (Education and Children Services)
Steve Tait Finance Manager Finance (Adult Services)
Emma Audrain Principal Accountant Finance (Technical finance)
Helen Malam Principal Accountant Finance (Budget, Collection Fund, Risk and Insurance)
Phill Monk Category Manager Procurement
Mark Woolford Category Manager Procurement
Chloe Wilcox Head of Procurement Procurement

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Director of Public Health – Sharon Stoltz

Email: sharon.stoltz@york.gov.uk
For more information read Sharon's profile.

Name Job title Service areas
Fiona Phillips Assistant Director, Consultant in Public Health Public Health
Peter Roderick Consultant in Public Health Public Health, Joint post with NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
Anita Dobson Consultant in Public Health Public Health

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City of York Council

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Telephone: 01904 551550