Brent Council has appointed a new Director of Residents & Housing Services. The appointment aims to strengthen the council's commitment to providing high-quality services to its residents.
The decision was made following interviews conducted by the Senior Staff Appointments Sub-Committee, which included Councillor Muhammed Butt (Leader of the Council), Councillor Mili Patel (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources), Councillor Fleur Donnelly-Jackson (Cabinet Member for Housing), Councillor Suresh Kansagra (Leader of the Conservative Group), and Councillor Promise Knight (Cabinet Member for Customer Experience, Resident Support and Culture).
The press and public were excluded from the interview proceedings, citing Paragraph 1 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, which pertains to information about individuals. According to the Agenda frontsheet, this exclusion applied specifically to item 5, concerning the appointment of the Corporate Director Residents & Housing Services. The agenda notes do not provide any further justification or mention of other options considered for managing the confidentiality of individual information during the selection process.
