The Chief Officer Employment Panel of Hounslow Council met on Thursday 19 February 2026. The primary item scheduled for discussion was the appointment to the role of Executive Director Strategy and Transformation. The meeting was also scheduled to consider excluding the press and public for the discussion of exempt information.

Appointment to Executive Director Strategy and Transformation

The panel was scheduled to consider the appointment to the role of Executive Director Strategy and Transformation. The relevant documents for this discussion were provided to the panel separately. The agenda indicated that this item would be discussed with the press and public excluded from the meeting. This exclusion was to be enacted to allow for the discussion of exempt information, as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The meeting was scheduled to take place in the Leader's Office at Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow TW3 3EB. The members of the Chief Officer Employment Panel in attendance were Councillor Shantanu Rajawat, Leader of the Council, Councillor Samia Chaudhary, Councillor Shivraj Grewal, and Councillor Peter Thompson. Thomas Ribbits, Head of Democratic Services, was the contact for further information regarding the agenda. Mandy Skinner, Chief Executive of the London Borough of Hounslow, was also noted in relation to declarations of interest.