Brighton and Hove City Council’s new chief executive Jess Gibbons has started at the council today. Jess has moved from her role as Chief Operations Officer at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council where she was responsible for services including environment, infrastructure, regeneration, customer, arts and property, planning and destination, and commercial operations and has said what an ‘absolute privilege’ it is to be chief executive and how she is looking forward to working with council staff, residents, communities and businesses. She continued to say “I can’t wait to build on the good work and continue to address the challenges I know our communities and residents are facing and that we’re facing as a council.I will bring my knowledge and experience of working across the private, voluntary and local government sectors to the role and will drive forward the council’s plan to be a proud, healthy, fair and inclusive city for everyone.” Click here for more.
