Council departments and officers
Council departments
Resources
Corporate Director of Resources: Maria G Christofi
- Finance
- Assurance
- Revenues, Benefits and Transactional Centre
- IT Services
People
Corporate Director of People: Adrian Loades
- Public Health
- Integrated Care
- Education and Inclusion
- Children and Families
Communities
Corporate Director of Community: Steve Moore
- Housing
- Civic Pride
Regeneration and Culture
Corporate Director of Regeneration and Culture: Mark Baigent
- Regeneration, Property and Planning
- Leisure and Culture
Strategy
Corporate Director of Strategy: Julian Ellerby
- Assurance
- Communications
- Corporate Strategy and Engagement
- Community Hubs
- Digital, Customer Services and Community Safety
- Human Resources, Pension and Payroll
Corporate management and Cabinet
Corporate management
The management team takes responsibility for all of the council's activities under the support of the Council Members, making sure that services are delivered in accordance with policies and in the best interests of residents. The team is made up of the Chief Executive and five corporate directors who lead the departments: Resources, People, Communities, Regeneration and Culture, and Strategy .
The management team works closely with the Cabinet cycle and meet fortnightly.
Cabinet
The Cabinet is made up of the Leader of the Council and senior councillors.
The Cabinet are accountable to the public and are the ambassadors for our work in improving Redbridge. They are responsible for the political leadership and actively make sure that the decisions made by the council are collectively politically informed.
Management and Cabinet
The work programme of the management team closely mirrors that of the Cabinet with many of the items discussed eventually becoming Cabinet Reports. The officer parts of Cabinet reports are signed off by the management team. The team meets the full Cabinet on a regular basis, and meets the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council fortnightly.
All the key strategies and plans of the council are initially discussed with the management team. The team also deals with major or difficult operational issues, particularly where more than one department is involved. The aim is to leave Corporate Directors, and through them heads of service, as free as possible to manage the day-to-day business of the council.
Corporate management team
The Redbridge senior management team are:
- Claire Symonds, Chief Executive
- Maria Christofi, Corporate Director of Resources
- Adrian Loades, Corporate Director of People
- Steve Moore, Corporate Director of Communities
- Julian Ellerby, Corporate Director of Strategy
- Mark Baigent, Corporate Director of Regeneration and Culture
- Pervinder Sandhu, Operational Director of Assurance & Monitoring Officer
Directors nominate a senior officer in their management team to represent them at management team meetings if they are not able to attend.
View the Redbridge Council management structure chart (PDF 46KB)
The Chief Executive, or the person the delegate as their deputy if they are on leave, chairs the management team meeting. As head of the paid service, the Chief Executive is to give reasonable instructions to any member of staff, senior or junior, within the framework of policies agreed by the Cabinet and the council, and subject to the law and best practice.
Decisions are normally reached by discussion and consensus, taking into account the professional views of the heads of department.
