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Senior management team

Corporate Leadership Team

Chris Bally - Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service
Email: chris.bally@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Nick Khan - Strategic Director
Email: nick.khan@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Kerry Blair - Strategic Director
Email: kerry.blair@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Michelle Burdett - Strategic Director
Email: michelle.burdett@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Lorraine Rogers - Chief Finance Officer and Section 151 Officer
Email: lorraine.rogers@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Paul Wood - Head of Economic Development and Strategic Management
Email: paul.wood@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Philip Ridley - Head of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning
Email: philip.ridley@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Nick Denny - Head of Property and Place
Email: nick.denny@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Siobhan Martin - Head of Internal Audit Services
Email: siobhan.martin@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Sandra Lewis - Head of Digital, Programme Management and Customer Services
Email: sandra.lewis@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Chris Bing - Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer
Email: chris.bing@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Nicole Rickard - Head of Communities and Leisure
Email: nicole.rickard@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Heather Fisk - Head of Housing
Email: heather.fisk@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Fiona Quinn - Head of Environmental Services and Port Health
Email: fiona.quinn@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Ben Woolnough - Head of Planning, Building Control and Coastal Management
Email: ben.woolnough@eastsuffolk.gov.uk 

Amie Skeet - HR and Workforce Development Manager
Email: amie.skeet@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Phil Harris - Strategic Communications and Marketing Manager
Email: phil.harris@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Joanna Jonas - Executive Officer to the Chief Executive and Leader
Email: joanna.jonas@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Management structure, responsibilities and budgets 

  • Senior management structure
  • Management team responsibilities
  • Head count and budgets

Senior management pay

The Government requires all local authorities to publish information about senior management salaries over £50,000.

  • Senior management pay
  • Pay policy statement

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