Corporate Management team

Our Corporate Management team is:

  • our Chief Executive
  • three Corporate Directors
  • seven Heads of Service
  • our Business Solutions Manager
  • our Marketing and Communications Manager
  • our ICT & Facilities Manager

You can contact any of our Corporate Management Team by email through our Customer Service Centre.



Dan Gascoyne, Chief Executive

 

Dan Gascoyne, Chief Executive

Reports to the Leader of the Council

Email: dan.gascoyne@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • strategic direction
  • overall performance
  • strategic partnerships
  • leadership
  • external relationships
  • corporate communications
  • democracy
  • community safety partnership
  • economic development

Dan has also been appointed by Braintree district council as our Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer.


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Dominic Collins, Corporate Director

Reports to Dan Gascoyne

Email: dominic.collins@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • strategic growth
  • planning policy
  • development management
  • economic development
  • district infrastructure
  • landscape services
  • asset management
  • capital project management and delivery

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Suzanne Bennett, Corporate Director

Email: suzanne.bennett@braintree.gov.uk

Reports to Dan Gascoyne

Responsibilities:

  • finance
  • revenues and benefits
  • procurement
  • performance improvement
  • business solutions
  • human resources and organisational development
  • governance
  • marketing and communications
  • customer services
  • investment & development
  • legal Services
  • elections
  • governance & members

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Cherie Root, Corporate Director

Reports to Dan Gascoyne

Email: cherie.root@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • housing
  • climate change
  • waste and recycling strategy
  • clean and green
  • environmental protection
  • healthy living and wellbeing
  • building control
  • leisure and heritage services
  • community services
  • voluntary sector support
  • community safety
  • safeguarding
  • emergency planning
  • facilities management
  • digital services
  • information technology


Caroline Elias-Stephenson, Head of Housing & Community

 

Caroline Elias-Stephenson, Head of Housing & Community

Reports to Cherie Root

Email: caroline.elias-stephenson@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • housing strategy and development
  • housing assessment and policy
  • housing options
  • community safety
  • community development
  • community transport
  • safeguarding
  • health and wellbeing
  • leisure and heritage services
  • events team

 



Josie Falco, Head of Environment

 

Josie Falco, Head of Environment

Reports to Cherie Root

Email: cherie.root@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • climate change and sustainability
  • environmental health – public health and housing
  • environmental health – food, health and safety
  • licensing
  • building control
  • corporate health and safety
  • emergency planning

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Emma Goodings, Head of Economic Development and Planning

Reports to Dominic Collins

Email: emma.goodings@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • local plan
  • planning policy
  • development management
  • planning enforcement
  • street naming and numbering
  • landscapes
  • town centre improvement
  • education and skills
  • enterprise centres
  • business engagement
  • inward investment
  • development plans
  • planning research and monitoring

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Kim Mayo, Head of Governance and Monitoring Officer

Reports to Suzanne Bennett

Email: kim.cole@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • monitoring officer
  • governance
  • legal
  • member support
  • elections
  • local land charges
  • information governance.

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Tracey Headford, Business Solutions Manager

Reports to Suzanne Bennett

Email: tracey.headford@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • recruitment and retention
  • pay, reward and recognition
  • terms and conditions of employment
  • employee relations
  • skills, learning and development
  • apprenticeships
  • member development
  • customer services
  • performance management
  • customer excellence
  • information management

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Paul Partridge, Head of Operations

Reports to Cherie Root

Email: paul.partridge@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities:

  • refuse and recycling
  • trade waste
  • street cleaning
  • vehicle procurement and maintenance
  • parks and open spaces
  • cemeteries
  • car parking
  • markets
  • public conveniences
  • highways liaison
  • street scene protection
  • grounds maintenance

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Tania Roberge, Marketing and Communications Manager

Reports to Suzanne Bennett

Email: tania.roberge@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities;

  • marketing and communications
  • media relations
  • digital communications
  • campaigns
  • consultation
  • graphic design and print

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Phil Myers, Head of Finance

Reports to Suzanne Bennett

Email: phil.myers@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities;

  • section 151 officer
  • accountancy
  • payments and payroll
  • treasury management
  • capital programme management
  • revenues and benefits
  • cashiers
  • audit
  • insurance and risk
  • business continuity
  • mail

Aidan Kelly, Interim Head of Strategic Investment

 

Aidan Kelly, Interim Head of Strategic Investment

Reports to Dominic Collins

Email: aidan.kelly@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities;

  • infrastructure
  • new housing development
  • strategic capital projects

 


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Paul Reid, ICT and Facilities Manager

Reports to Cherie Root

Email: Paul.Reid@braintree.gov.uk

Responsibilities;

  • ict technical services
  • corporate systems
  • digital services
  • facilities management
  • customer service duty officers
  • CCTV

Customer Services

Address: Causeway House,
Bocking End,
Braintree,
Essex,
CM7 9HB

Telephone: 01376 552525