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.

ACSeS Council 10/11 (list of Council members)

Post	Name	Branch	Address
President	Susan Tovey	Southern	Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, SP10 3AJ
First Vice President	Philip McCourt	Southern	Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer, Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes. MK9 3HG
Second 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	Rachel Dooris	Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council	North East	rachel_dooris@redcar-cleveland.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	Past Service 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 Howard Bone	Swindon Borough Council Winchester City 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	Past Service	rollem@blueyonder.co.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
2009/10	Dr. Mirza Ahmad