The Appointments Sub-Committee of Lambeth Council met on Thursday 25 September 2025 to interview candidates for the position of Corporate Director. The committee was also scheduled to discuss the process for appointing Corporate Directors as Chief Officer posts. The meeting was scheduled to be held at Lambeth Town Hall.

Corporate Director Appointments

The main item on the agenda was the interview of candidates for the posts of Corporate Director of Growth & Environment, Corporate Director of Housing, Corporate Director Integrated Care Board & Adults and Corporate Director of Resources.

According to the Public Reports Pack, the council had recently completed a top-tier senior management restructure, which changed the name of Strategic Directors to Corporate Directors with effect from 20 March 2023. The restructure also aimed to cut the number of senior management posts by 20%, reducing the number of directorates from 7 to 5, resulting in an expected saving of around £1 million.

The report pack stated that the council would recruit to the four posts via a ringfenced recruitment process for the current Corporate Directors to apply only. It also stated that expressions of interest had been received from four of the existing Corporate Directors. Two applications were received for the Corporate Director Integrated Care Board & Adults, one for the Corporate Director of Housing, two for the Corporate Director of Growth & Environment, and one for the Corporate Director of Resources.

The job description for the Corporate Director of Resources role stated that the successful candidate would:

To work with Cabinet Members, the Chief Executive and the Corporate Management Team, to provide high quality professional advice on all matters related to the central enabling and governance functions of the council, including fulfilling statutory obligations in relation to delivery of Human Resources, Digital and Legal and Governance services

To direct the overall stewardship of the Council's corporate services, the continuous improvement and the efficient use of resources across the Council and the effective control of the Council's budgets, to achieve the Lambeth 2030 ambitions.

The report pack recommended that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting because the candidate reports contained information relating to individuals, which is exempt from disclosure under the Local Government Act 1972¹.