Open data

Our senior management structure provides information on council departments and our senior jobs.

Our workforce profile provides information on the diversity of the council’s workforce, including the diversity of employees in senior management roles.

Our Pay policy statement provides information about the council’s approach to paying its most senior officers, including how this compares to the pay of other council employees. The statement is updated annually in line with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011.

In line with transparency rules, we provide details about senior officer salaries in our statement of accounts (under officer remuneration).

For further information email HR@southwark.gov.uk.

Senior management details

Chief Executive

Althea Loderick

Children and Adult Services

David Quirke-Thornton: Strategic Director, Children and Adult Services

• Alasdair Smith: Director, Children and Families
• Pauline O’Hare: Director, Adult Social Care
• Sangeeta Leahy: Director, Public Health

Environment, Sustainability and Leisure

Aled Richards: Strategic Director, Environment, Sustainability and Leisure

• Matt Clubb: Director, Environment
• Toni Ainge: Director, Leisure
• Stephen Douglass: Director, Stronger Neighbourhoods
• Tom Sharland: Climate Change Programme Director
• Richard Spencer: Head of Performance and Delivery
• Thomas James: Head of Programmes and Change

Housing

Hakeem Osinaike: Strategic Director, Housing

• Stuart Davis: Managing Director, Southwark Construction
• Abi Oguntokun: Acting Director, Landlord Services
• Candida Thompson: Director, Housing Needs and Support
• Ryan Collymore: Director, Repairs and Maintenance

Resources

Clive Palfreyman: Strategic Director, Resources

• Tim Jones: Director, Corporate Finance
• Dominic Cain: Director, Customer and Exchequer Services
• Stephen Platts: Director, Planning and Growth
• Dionne Lowndes: Chief Digital and Technology Officer
• Caroline Watson: Chief Investment Officer
• Barry Berkengoff: Head of Pensions Operations
• Elaine McLester: Head of Procurement

Strategy and Communities

Rhona Cadenhead: Assistant Chief Executive, Strategy and Communities

• Eddie Townsend: Director Communications, Engagement and Change
• Nick Faint: Interim Programme Director, Future Southwark
• Mairead Goodwin: Head of the Chief Executive’s Office and Executive Support
• Joseph Brown: Head of the Leader’s Office and Cabinet Office

Governance and Assurance

Doreen Forrester Brown: Assistant Chief Executive, Governance and Assurance

• Ben Plant: Director, People and Organisational Development
• Sarah Feasey: Head of Law
• Chidi Agada: Head of Constitutional Services
• Vacant: Head of Electoral Services
• Everton Roberts: Head of Scrutiny
• Norman Coombe: Interim Specialist Lawyer – Governance

Integrated Health and Care

Darren Summers: Strategic Director, Integrated Health and Care

• Claire Belgard: Acting Director, Commissioning