Management structure

Our leadership team at Cumberland Council

Chief Executive

Andrew Seekings

Strategy, Policy and Performance

Assistant Chief Executive - Nik Hardy

Assistant Director of Communications - Kate Stark

Assistant Director of Strategy and Policy - Alex Fitzgerald

Business Transformation and Change

Director of Business Transformation and Change - Jo Atkinson

Assistant Director of Commissioning and Procurement - Conway Stewart

Assistant Director of Digital Innovation and ICT - Kate Hurr

Assistant Director of  Programme Management Office - Brendan Carlin

Assistant Director of HR and OD - Jacqui Green

Resources

Director of Resources - Simon Higgins

Chief Legal Officer (Monitoring Officer) - Claire Liddle

Chief Finance Officer (Section 151) - Catherine Bell

Assistant Director of Corporate Assets and Fleet - Paul Green

Assistant Director of Customer Solutions - Alison Graham

Public Health and Communities

Director of Public Health and Communities - Colin Cox

Assistant Director of Communities and Localities - Paul Musgrave

Assistant Director of Public Health and Protection - Graeme Wilson

Public Health Consultant - Claire King

Public Health Consultant - Carol Stewart

Place Sustainable Growth and Transport

Director of Place Sustainable Growth and Transport - Darren Crossley

Assistant Director of Highways and Transport - Karl Melville

Assistant Director of Inclusive Growth and Placemaking - Michael Barry

Assistant Director of Climate and Waste - Chloe Tringham

Adult Social Care and Housing

Director of Adult Social Care and Housing - Chris Jones-King

Assistant Director of Operations - Karen Bell

Assistant Director of Service Provision - Alison Glanville

Assistant Director of Quality and Resources - Paul Latimer

Children and Family Wellbeing

Director of Children and Family Wellbeing - Martin Birch

Assistant Director of Education, SEND and Inclusion - Emma Hamer

Assistant Director of Children and Families - Philippa Holmes

Assistant Director of Quality and Safeguarding - Paige Thomason

Interim Assistant Director of Early Help, Prevention and Youth Justice - Jane Wheeler