Our Corporate Management team is:
- our Chief Executive
- three Corporate Directors
- seven Heads of Service
- our Senior Property & Asset Manager
- our People and Performance Manager
- our Marketing and Communications Manager
- our ICT & Facilities Manager
You can contact any of our Corporate Management Team by email or through our Customer Service Centre.
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.
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
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
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
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
Reports to Cherie Root
Email: josie.falco@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
Kim Mayo, Head of Governance and Monitoring Officer
Reports to Suzanne Bennett
Email: kim.mayo@braintree.gov.uk
Responsibilities:
- monitoring officer
- governance
- legal
- member support
- elections
- local land charges
- information governance.
Charlotte Paine, Head of Operations
Reports to Cherie Root
Email: charlotte.paine@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
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
Sarah Ashton, Head of Planning
Reports to Dominic Collins
Responsibilities:
- local plan
- planning policy
- development management
- planning enforcement
- street naming and numbering
- landscapes
- S106
- planning research and monitoring
Rob Grover, Head of Transformation
Reports to Cherie Root
Email: robert.grover@braintree.gov.uk
Responsibilities:
- Transformation
- Fit for the Future
Andrew White, Senior Property and Asset Manager
Reports to Dominic Collins
Responsibilities:
- property
- asset management
- regeneration and corporate projects
- commercial property investment
- planned maintenance
Tracey Headford, People and Performance 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
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
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
