President Mirza Ahmad
Who we are
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:
- with the immediate Past President and Past Presidents from the previous 3 years,
- the representative nominated by Solicitors in Local Government Limited
- one representative nominated as such from each Branch.The Branch Representatives may each nominate an alternate Director from their Branch to vote in the absence of the particular Branch representative.
ACSeS Council meets four to six times per year as the Board of the Company.
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |