The Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel of Kent Council was scheduled to convene on Tuesday 11 November 2025. The primary focus of the meeting was to conduct interviews for the position of Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning. The meeting was scheduled to begin with a briefing at 9:00 am, followed by interviews commencing at 9:30 am.

Interviews for Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

The main item on the agenda for the Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel was the interview process for the Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning role. This position is a senior leadership role within the council, responsible for overseeing services related to adult social care and the integration of various commissioning functions. The report pack indicates that a briefing was scheduled to take place at 9:00 am, prior to the interviews beginning at 9:30 am. The interviews themselves were designated as an EXEMPT ITEM, meaning that the press and public were likely to be excluded from this part of the meeting. This exclusion is in accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, which allows for the exclusion of the public when a meeting is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information, as defined in Schedule 12A of the Act. The report pack does not provide details on the specific questions to be asked during the interviews or the criteria for selection.

The attendees for this meeting included Ms. Linden Kemkaran (Chair), Mr. Paul Chamberlain, Ms. Sarah Emberson, Mr. Jeremy Eustace, and Mr. Ben Fryer, all representing Reform UK. Mr. Harry Rayner attended for the Conservative party, Mr. Colin Sefton for the Liberal Democrats, and Mr. Stuart Jeffery for the Green party. Mr. Benjamin Watts, Deputy Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer, was also associated with the meeting.

The agenda for the meeting can be found in the Agenda frontsheet 11th-Nov-2025 09.00 Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel.pdf document, and the associated report pack is available as Public reports pack 11th-Nov-2025 09.00 Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel.pdf .¹