Graham Farrant

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Chief Executive

You can contact Graham Farrant by email at graham.farrant@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Graham was previously the Chief Executive of HM Land Registry and Chief Land Registrar. Prior to that role, Graham was Chief Executive of Thurrock Council and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. He transformed Thurrock into a council with a strong regeneration strategy providing excellent services to residents. Graham also has extensive private sector experience.

Glynn Barton

Chief Operations Officer

You can contact Glynn Barton by email at glynn.barton@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Responsible for:

• Commercial Operations
• Customer, Arts and Property
• Destination and Planning
• Development and Investment
• Environment
• Infrastructure

Cathi Hadley

Corporate Director - Children's Services

You can contact Cathi Hadley by email at cathi.hadley@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Responsible for:

• Education
• Children's Social Care
• Commissioning (children's services)
• Early help
• Permanency, fostering and adoption
• Performance (children's services)

Jillian Kay

Corporate Director for Wellbeing

You can contact Jillian Kay by email at jillian.kay@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Isla Reynolds

Director of Marketing, Communications and Policy

You can contact Isla Reynolds by email at Isla.Reynolds@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Responsible for:

• Marketing and Communications

Isla previously worked as the Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement for HM Courts & Tribunal Service (Ministry of Justice). As well as this Isla worked for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute in Poole, and has many years of experience in journalism, public relations, media relations, marketing and communications.

Sarah Deane

Director of People and Culture

You can contact Sarah Ray-Deane by email at sarah.ray-deane@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Responsible for:

• Employee experience
• Culture and values
• Organisation development and design
• Personal growth and wellbeing
• Reward and benefits
• Resourcing and recruitment
• Employee relations
• Diversity, equity and inclusion

Sarah is CIPD certified with nearly 30 years of HR experience in local government. Sarah progressed through various HR roles gaining experience across the board in people related matters and brings a wealth of experience in industrial relations and large transformational programmes.

Adam Richens

Statutory 151 Officer/Director of Finance

You can contact Adam Richens by email at adam.richens@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Responsible for finance.

Adam is a qualified accountant with over 30 years experience in local government finance. He started working for Dorset County Council straight from school in 1986 as part of their Youth Training Scheme. Adam progressed through various finance roles at Dorset and then Poole before taking on the role of Poole's Chief Financial Officer in March 2012. From February 2016, Adam was the joint Head of Financial Services for both Bournemouth and Poole. As Section 151 Officer, Adam is responsible for ensuring the proper administration of BCP Council’s finances.

Sarah Chamberlain

Director of IT and Programmes

Responsible for:

• IT Infrastructure
• Service Delivery
• Governance & Compliance
• Modern Office
• Development & Data Architecture
• Data & Analytics
• Programme and Project Management

You can contact Sarah Chamberlain by email at sarah.chamberlain@bcpcouncil.gov.uk. 

Janie Berry

Director of Law and Governance

You can contact Janie Berry by email at janie.berry@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.