Our Corporate Management team is:
- our Chief Executive
- three Corporate Directors
- six Heads of Service
- our Human Resources and Organisational Development Manager
- our Marketing and Communications Manager
You can contact any of our Corporate Management Team by email through our Customer Service Centre.

Andy Wright, Chief Executive
Reports to the Leader of the Council
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- strategic direction
- overall performance
- strategic partnerships
- leadership
- external relationships
- corporate communications
- democracy
- community safety partnership
- economic development
Andy has also been appointed by Braintree district council as our Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer.
Dominic Collins, Corporate Director
Reports to Andy Wright
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- strategic growth
- planning policy
- development management
- economic development
- district infrastructure
- landscape services
- asset management
capital project management and delivery

Chris Fleetham, Corporate Director
Email: [email protected]
Reports to Andy Wright
Responsibilities:
- finance
- revenues and benefits
- procurement
- business solutions
- human resources and organisational development
- governance
- marketing and communications

Cherie Root, Corporate Director
Reports to Andy Wright
Email: [email protected]
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

Joanne Albini, Head of Housing and Communities
Reports to Cherie Root
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- community safety
- safeguarding
- community transport
- voluntary sector development
- housing research and housing development
- housing options advice and homelessness
- management of the housing register
- district champion for services for older people

Lee Crabb, Head of Environment, Leisure and Health
Reports to Cherie Root
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities;
- environmental health
- climate change and sustainability
- pest control
- environmental enforcement
- carbon management
- licensing
- building control
- environmental engineering
- emergency planning
- corporate health and safety
- leisure
- cultural services
- public health wellbeing

Emma Goodings, Head of Economic Development and Planning
Reports to Dominic Collins
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- development management
- strategic economic growth
- business engagement
- educational attainment and skills
- town centre master-planning
- tourism
- partnership development
- inward investment
- the local plan
- neighbourhood planning
- garden communities
- monitoring

Kim Cole, Head of Governance and Monitoring Officer
Reports to - Chris Fleetham
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- Monitoring Officer
- governance
- legal
- Member support
- elections
- local land charges

Helen Krischock, Human Resources and Organisational Development Manager
Reports to - Chris Fleetham
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- recruitment and retention
- pay, reward and recognition
- terms and conditions of employment
- employee relations
- skills, learning and development
- apprenticeships
- Member development

Paul Partridge, Head of Operations
Reports to Cherie Root
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities:
- refuse and recycling
- trade waste
- street cleaning
- vehicle procurement and maintenance
- parks and open spaces
- cemeteries
- car parking
- markets
- public conveniences
- highways liaison

Tania Roberge, Marketing and Communications Manager
Reports to Chris Fleetham
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities;
- marketing and communications
- media relations
- digital communications
- campaigns
- consultation
- graphic design and print

Trevor Wilson, Head of Finance
Reports to Chris Fleetham
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities;
- accountancy
- payments and payroll
- customer services
- performance improvement
- treasury management
- capital programme management
- revenues and benefits
- cashiers
- audit
- insurance and risk
- business continuity
- procurement

Aidan Kelly, Interim Head of Strategic Investment
Reports to Dominic Collins
Email: [email protected]
Responsibilities;
- appraisal and delivery of major capital projects