Our leadership team at Cumberland Council
Chief Executive
Andrew Seekings
Assistant Chief Executive - Nik Hardy
Assistant Director of Communications - Alastair Gordon
Service Leads - Devolution and Nuclear Partnerships
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 Social Care - Philippa Holmes
Assistant Director of Quality and Safeguarding - Paige Thomason
Assistant Director of Family Help, Prevention and Youth Justice - Jane Wheeler
Corporate and Transformation Services
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
Innovation and Commercial
Chief Innovation and Commercial Officer - (Vacant)
Assistant Director of Digital Innovation and ICT - Kate Hurr
Assistant Director of Corporate Assets, Fleet and Health and Safety - Paul Green
Place and Economy
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 - Graham Harrison
Public Health, Customer and Community Wellbeing
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