Management structure

Our leadership team at Cumberland Council

Andrew Seekings

Assistant Chief Executive - Nik Hardy

Assistant Director of Communications - Alastair Gordon

Service Leads - Devolution and Nuclear Partnerships

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 Housing, Quality and Resources - Paul Latimer

Director of Children and Family Wellbeing - Martin Birch

Assistant Director of Education, SEND and Inclusion - Emma Hamer

Assistant Director of Social Care - Philippa Holmes

Assistant Director of Quality and Safeguarding - Paige Thomason

Assistant Director of Family Help, Partnerships and Youth Justice - Jane Wheeler

Director of Corporate and Transformation Services - Jo Atkinson

Chief Legal Officer (Monitoring Officer) - Clare Liddle

Chief Finance Officer (Section 151) - Catherine Bell

Assistant Director of Strategy and Commissioning - Alex FitzGerald

Assistant Director of HR and OD - Jacqui Green

Assistant Director of Programme Management Office - Brendan Carlin

Chief Innovation and Commercial Officer - Billy Webster

Assistant Director of Digital Innovation and ICT - Kate Hurr

Assistant Director of Corporate Assets, Fleet and Health and Safety - Paul Green

Director of Place and Economy - Darren Crossley

Assistant Director of Highways and Transport - Karl Melville

Assistant Director of Thriving Places - Michael Barry

Assistant Director of Waste Management and Public Space - Neil Dixon

Director of Public Health, Customer and Community Wellbeing - Colin Cox

Assistant Director of Customer Solutions - Alison Graham

Assistant Director of Communities and Public Participation - Paul Musgrave

Assistant Director of Public Health - Claire King