Our Corporate Management team is:
- our Chief Executive
- three Corporate Directors
- seven Heads of Service
- 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 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Edwina Crowley, Head of Property and Asset Management
Reports to Dominic Collins
Responsibilities:
- property
- asset management
- regeneration and corporate projects
- commercial property investment
- planned maintenance
