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Mirza Ahmad
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ACSeS Council and Directors

The company at its annual meeting appoints twelve honorary officers who are Directors of the Company. These are the President, First, Second and Third Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Communications Officer, Solicitor and six Portfolio Officers.

The Honorary Officers form the Board of Directors together:

ACSeS Council meets four to six times per year as the Board of the Company.



ACSeS Council 10/11 (list of Council members)
Post Name Branch Address
President Mirza Ahmad West Midlands Corporate Director of Governance, Birmingham City Council, Ingleby House, 11-14 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EN
First Vice President Susan Tovey Southern Head of Legal Services, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, SP10 3AJ
Second Vice President Philip McCourt Southern Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer, Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes. MK9 3HG
Third Vice President
Treasurer
Mark Hynes London Boroughs Director of Legal and Democratic Services, London Borough of Lambeth, Town Hall, Brixton Hill, London SW2 1RW
Solicitor Ian Marshall West Midlands Head of Legal Services Wychavon District Council Civic Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, WR10 1PT
Communications Officer Nicholas Dobson
Representative nominated by Solicitors in Local Government Maria Memoli Southern Past Service
Auditors Finance Section of the London Borough of Lambeth



Portfolio Holders
Ethical Governance Deborah Collins London Borough of Southwark London Deborah.collins@southwark.gov.uk
Partnership and Procurement Alan Eastwood Bolton Borough Council North West Alan.eastwood@bolton.gov.uk
Corporate Governance Simon Aley Corby Borough Council East Midlands simon.aley@corby.gov.uk
Management Development Marie Kelly-Stone Dartford Borough Council South Eastern Marie.kelly-stone@dartford.gov.uk
Regulatory Governance Philip McCourt Milton Keynes Council Southern Philip.McCourt@Milton-Keynes.gov.uk
Information Management John Tradewell Staffordshire County Council West Midlands John.tradewell@staffordshire.gov.uk



Branch Representatives 2010/11

(subject to subsequent appointments at Branch Annual Meetings)

(Branch Representative Director named first and Alternate Director named second)
Branch Name Authority
Eastern Andrew Smith
Victoria McNeill
Castlepoint Borough Council
Norfolk County Council
East Midlands Robert Swinfield
Simon Aley
Leicestershire Police Authority
Corby Borough Council
London Richard Mellor
Helen Harris
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
London Borough of Ealing
North Eastern Anthony Winship
Nicholas Dobson
Ryedale District Council
Past Service
North Western Bill Norman
Mike Dudfield
Wirral Borough Council
Past Service
Southern Stephen Taylor
Gina Bailey
Swindon Borough Council
Fareham Borough Council
South Eastern Marie Kelly-Stone
Anne-Maria Brown
Dartford Borough Council
Crawley Borough Council
South Western Jan Shadbolt Devon County Council
Wales Kate Berry
Claire Jones
Cardiff County Council
Ceredigion County Council
West Midlands Alistair Welch Stafford Borough


Regional Officers

Branch Name Authority Contact Details
Eastern Chris Hall Past Service jchallx2@tiscali.co.uk
East Midlands Robert Swinfield Leicestershire Police Authority police.authority@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk
London Richard Mellor London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames r.mellor@richmond.gov.uk
North Eastern Mike Barker Gateshead Council mikebarker@gateshead.gov.uk
North Western Mike Dudfield Past Service Mikedudfield@btopenworld.com
Southern Stephen Taylor Swindon Borough Council staylor@swindon.gov.uk
South Eastern Ann-Maria Brown Crawley Borough Council ann-maria.brown@crawley.gov.uk
South Western Vernon Hitchman Bath & North East Somerset Council Vernon_Hitchman@bathnes.gov.uk
Wales Claire Jones Ceredigion County Council clairej@ceredigion.gov.uk
West Midlands Jean Evans Staffordshire County Council jean.evans@staffordshire.gov.uk


Past ACSeS Presidents

Period President
1996/97 Peter Keith-Lucas
1997/98 Felix Hetherington
1998/99 Richard Mellor
1999/00 Catherine Parkinson
2000/01 Colin Langley
2001/02 Claer Lloyd-Jones
2002/03 Mike Kendall
2003/04 John Polychronakis
2004/05 Gifty Edila
2005/06 Kirsty Cole
2006/07 Meic Sullivan-Gould
2007/08 David Carter
2008/09 Andrew Frosdick