Biography     

With a career starting in academia followed by the trade union movement, Joe joined local government in 1991 as a Director at York Council and has since held senior posts at Surrey County Council, the London Borough of Hackney and the City of Westminster.

As Deputy Chief Executive at Westminster Joe led a major regeneration of one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods that created a new school, health centre, leisure centre and youth club. As well as the 24/7 job of keeping the streets of central London clean Joe was instrumental in revamping some of the capital's best known areas including Leicester Square and Oxford and Regent's Streets. A defining moment in his career was responding to the tragic events of 7 July 2005 by leading a team to establish a temporary mortuary, memorial garden and assistance centre. He also held a pan London role for environment, planning and transport.

Joining Isle of Wight council as Chief Executive in June 2006, Joe is using his extensive experience to drive forward the challenging change agenda needed to radically transform the organisation into one with a community and citizen focus delivering excellent, value for money services.

Joe is a keen sportsman who enjoys mountain-biking, surfing, kayaking, mountaineering and off-road motorcycling. He is married with three children.

Abstract: A Chief Executive's perspective

The Island's libraries are the focal point for local communities, fulfilling the needs of readers and learners. The Isle of Wight is not satisfied with that. We are looking at innovative partnerships, to develop the Island's knowledge economy, to integrate libraries more into people's lives and to be able to demonstrate the benefits of these innovations to the public that we serve.

This page was last updated on: 20 September, 2006