The Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel of Kent Council met on Tuesday 3 June 2025, to hold interviews for the position of Corporate Director of Finance. The meeting was also scheduled to deal with standard business at the start of the meeting. It was then scheduled to move into a closed session to conduct the interviews.

Corporate Director of Finance

The main purpose of the meeting was to conduct interviews for the role of Corporate Director of Finance. The agenda indicated that the panel would receive a briefing at 9:00 am, followed by interviews commencing at 10:45 am.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The agenda included a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting during the interviews for Corporate Director of Finance. This was justified under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, which allows for the exclusion of the press and public when the agenda includes:

the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Standard Business

The meeting was scheduled to begin with several standard items:

• Election of Chair
• Confirmation of any substitutes
• Declarations of Interest from any of the attendees
• Approval of the minutes from the previous meeting. Councillor Brian Collins, Councillor Maxwell Harrison, Councillor Linden Kemkaran, Councillor Paul Webb, Councillor Geoffrey Samme, Councillor Harry Rayner and Councillor Mark Hood were scheduled to attend.