Council and democracy

Corporate Services - Who's who?

Under the leadership of Caroline Tapster - Chief Executive, Corporate Services include:

Alan Warner - Director People and Property

• County Personnel - offering support on all Human Resource matters.
• Hertfordshire Property - managing the county council's buildings.
• Safety, Emergency and Risk Management - planning to protect and minimise damage to the health and safety of the county's communities, staff and buildings and to support operational effectiveness.

Chris Sweeney - Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance, Information and Commercial Services

• Corporate Finance - managing the county council's budget and managing the Hertfordshire Local Government Pension Fund for the County Council, District Councils, Hertfordshire University and many other public bodies and organisations.

• Hertfordshire Business Services (formerly CSCS) - managing the way the county council buys goods and services to ensure value for money.
• ICT Infrastructure
• Corporate Information Systems

Andrew Laycock - County Secretary

• Trading Standards - enforcing legislation to safeguard the interests of the one million consumers and 30,000 businesses in Hertfordshire.
• Legal and committee services - advising the county council on the law.
• Statutory services - organising elections and managing the registration of births marriages and deaths.

John Sellgren - Director of Communications

Geoff Brown - Head of Performance Improvement

Tom Hawkyard - Head of Scrutiny