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Senior Staff Appointments Sub-Committee - Monday 4 March 2024 12.00 pm

Venue: Members Suite - 4th Floor, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ. View directions

Contact: James Kinsella, Governance Manager Tel:020 8937 2063 Email James.Kinsella@brent.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for absence and clarification of any alternative members View the background to item 1. Minutes: None received.
2.	Declarations of interests View the background to item 2. Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, the nature and existence of any relevant disclosable pecuniary or personal interests in the items on this agenda and to specify the item(s) to which they relate. Minutes: No interests were declared at the meeting.
3.	Minutes View the background to item 3. To approve the minutes from the last Senior Staff Appointment Sub Committee held on Monday 26 February 2024. Minutes: RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous Senior Staff Appointments Sub Committee held on Monday 26 February 2024 be approved as a correct record.
4.	Exclusion of Press and Public View the background to item 4. The following items are not for publication, as they relates to the following category of exempt information as specified under Paragraph 1 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972), namely: “Information relating to any individual”: Item 5: Final Interview Pack: Director Housing Needs & Support Item 6: Final Interview Pack: Director Inclusive Regeneration & Employment Minutes: RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded from the meeting as the following items fall within the following category of exempt information as specified in Part 1, Paragraph 3, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, namely: “Information relating to any individual”. Agenda Item 5: Appointment of the Director of Housing Needs & Support Agenda Item 6: Appointment of the Director of Inclusive Regeneration & Employment.
5.	Appointment of Director Housing Needs and Support View the reasons why item 5. is restricted View the background to item 5. To undertake the final interview(s) for post of Director Housing Needs & Support. Please note that: (a) The final pack for the interview has been attached. (Agenda republished to include final interview pack on 28 February 2024) (b) Under agenda item 4 above, members will also be asked to agree to the exclusion of the press and public for this item. Minutes: Following an interview held on Monday 4 March 2024 it was RESOLVED that Laurence Coaker be appointed as the Director Housing Needs & Support.
6.	Appointment of Director Inclusive Regeneration & Employment View the reasons why item 6. is restricted View the background to item 6. To undertake the final interview(s) for post of Director Inclusive Regeneration & Employment. Please note that: (a) The final pack for the interview has been attached. (Agenda republished to include final interview pack on 28 February 2024) (b) Under agenda item 4 above, members will also be asked to agree to the exclusion of the press and public for this item. Minutes: Following an interview held on Monday 4 March 2024 it was RESOLVED that Gerry Ansell be appointed as the Director Inclusive Regeneration & Employment.