The meeting of Tower Hamlets Council’s Appointments Sub Committee on 18 March 2025 was scheduled to include the final interviews for the role of Director of Housing Neighbourhoods and Customer Services.

Interview for the Post of Director of Housing Neighbourhoods and Customer Services

The meeting was scheduled to begin with a closed session to consider whether to exclude the press and public from the meeting, before moving to the main business of the meeting, which was to hold the final interviews for the post of Director of Housing Neighbourhoods and Customer Services.

The role had been advertised in December 2024, and following shortlisting, a number of candidates were to be interviewed. The report to the committee stated that “A targeted executive search was also undertaken by Penna”. The report pack included a report from Penna, who are described as “the recruitment consultants” ¹, describing each candidate.

The chosen candidate would then be the preferred candidate, and would be subject to a 48 hour period during which the Executive could comment on the proposed appointment.