The Officer Appointments Committee of Wiltshire Council met on Thursday 23 July 2026. The primary item scheduled for discussion was the appointment of a Chief Finance Officer. The meeting was scheduled to take place in The North Wiltshire Room at County Hall, Trowbridge.

Appointment of Chief Finance Officer

The main item on the agenda for the Officer Appointments Committee was the appointment to the role of Chief Finance Officer. The report pack indicated that this item was scheduled to be considered in Part II of the meeting, which means the public would likely have been excluded from this part of the proceedings. This exclusion was recommended because it was anticipated that exempt information, as defined by the Local Government Act 1972, would be disclosed, and the public interest in withholding this information was considered to outweigh the public interest in its disclosure.

The meeting was chaired by Councillor Ian Thorn, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, with Councillor Mel Jacob, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Organisational Strategy, Digital and Leisure, Libraries & Culture, serving as Vice-Chairman. Other members of the committee present were Councillor Richard Clewer, Councillor Dominic Muns, and Councillor Kevin Asplin. Substitutes for the meeting included Councillor Ashley O'Neill.

The agenda also included standard procedural items such as receiving apologies, declarations of interest, and chairman's announcements. Provisions for public participation, including statements and questions, were also outlined, with specific deadlines for submission. The committee also noted the possibility of urgent items being considered.

The full details of the reports pack for this meeting can be found in the Public reports pack Thursday 23 July 2026 09.30 Officer Appointments Committee. The agenda frontsheet is available here.