Chief executive’s office
Chief Executive - Alison Griffin
- Tel: 020 79349509
- Email:alison.griffin@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Head of Office to the Chair and Chief Executive - Barbara Salmon
- Tel: 020 7934 9509
- Email:barbara.salmon@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Policy and public affairs
Policy and Public Affairs (PAPA) is the corporate division responsible for developing ideas, positions and arguments on behalf of London boroughs and for communicating those ideas in ways that will have the maximum impact on central and regional government, the public and other key audiences.
Strategy Director: London’s Future & Places - Piali Das Gupta
Strategy Director: London’s Communities - Yolande Burgess
- Tel: 020 7934 9739
- Email:yolande.burgess@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Strategy Director: Local Government Finance & Improvement - Paul Honeyben
- Tel: 020 7934 9748
- Email:paul.honeyben@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Director: Communications - James Odling-Smee
- Tel: 020 7934 9750
- Email:james.odling-smee@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Strategic Lead: Strategic Policy Group - Doug Flight
- Tel: 020 7934 9805
- Email:doug.flight@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Strategic Lead: Health and Adult Services - Clive Grimshaw
- Tel: 020 7934 9830
- Email: clive.grimshaw@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Head: Children's Services - Caroline Dawes
- Tel: 020 7934 9793
- Email: caroline.dawes@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Strategic Lead: Enterprise, Economy and Skills - Dianna Neal
- Tel: 020 7934 9819
- Email: dianna.neal@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Strategic Lead: Housing and Planning - Eloise Shepherd
- Tel: 020 7934 9813
- Email: eloise.shepherd@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Strategic Lead: Transport, Environment and Infrastructure - Katharina Winbeck
- Tel: 020 7934 9945
- Email: katharina.winbeck@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Shared Prosperity Fund Project Manager - Samira Armitt
- Tel: 0207 934 9789
- Email: samira.armitt@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Services
Services is the corporate directorate responsible for all our services delivered directly by us and on behalf of the boroughs to Londoners and London organisations. This includes concessionary fares (the Freedom Pass), traffic enforcement, care placements and Capital Ambition.
Director of Transport and Mobility - Stephen Boon
- Tel: 020 7934 9951
- Email: stephen.boon@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Corporate resources
Corporate resources is the division responsible for London Councils’ financial control and audit of expenditure, as well as maintaining the organisation’s internal support functions of HR, finance, facilities and ICT.
Director of Corporate Resources - David Sanni
- Tel: 020 7934 9704
- Email: david.sanni@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Corporate governance
Corporate governance leads on business planning and performance management, and on maintaining London Councils’ formal institutional relationships with the Greater London Authority and the Local Government Association. The Governance Support Team is responsible for the central administration of all London Councils' committee meetings. Corporate Governance is also responsible for Human Resources, Organisational Development, Complaints and Freedom of Information.
Director: Corporate Governance - Christiane Jenkins
- Tel: 020 7934 9540
- Email: christiane.jenkins@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Head of London Regional Employers’ Organisation - Steve Davies
- Tel: 020 7934 9995
- Email: steve.davies@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Corporate Governance Manager/Data Protection Officer - Reuben Segal
Political advisers
London Councils’ political advisers serve and support London local government and the members belonging to their London Councils party group. The political advisers are also the main point of contact between London Councils and other national/regional or local groupings of their respective national political parties.
Conservative - Jade Appleton
- Tel: 020 7934 9502
- Email: jade.appleton@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Labour - Ella Watson
Liberal Democrats - Daniel Houghton
- Tel: 020 7934 9502
- Email: daniel.houghton@londoncouncils.gov.uk