Chief Executive Unit
The Chief Executive has overall responsibility for the running
of the council.
Trish Haines became Chief Executive of Worcestershire County
Council in March 2008. Prior to that, she was Chief Executive of
Reading Borough Council since 2002 and during her time there was
Director of the Thames Valley Economic Partnership and a member of
the National Neighbourhood Policing Board, reflecting her focus on
economic development and urban renaissance in Reading, and on Safer
Communities for local people.
Trish's background is in social care, and her career has
included a variety of management posts in Berkshire, Suffolk,
Warwickshire and Hereford and Worcester County Council,
specialising in organisational development and management of change
in Social Services. During this time Trish was awarded an MBA from
Henley Management College, building on her first-class honours
degree from Bradford University.
Who to contact:
chiefexecutive@worcestershire.gov.uk