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A round-up of all the latest personnel moves in local government. Directors Jon Stonehouse, director of children's services at York City Council, is to leave the authority. He is to become strategic director of children's services for Rotherham MBC, bringing to an end his four-year role at York. Mr Stonehouse's 25 years of experience also include senior roles at Salford City Council. He said: ‘I am very pleased to be coming to Rotherham to join them at this very exciting time in their improvement journey. A lot of great strides have been taken over the last three years to turn around children's services in Rotherham and I am delighted to be joining a team of officers who have been integral to making these changes happen. I look forward to coming and meeting the team soon.' Chris Baird has been appointed as director of children and families at Herefordshire CC. Mr Baird has been at the council for more than a decade, joining the department as an assistant director in 2008 and becoming director for children's wellbeing in November last year. He previously spent 12 years at Surrey CC. Mike Galloway is set to leave Dundee City Council. As executive director of city development, he has been a central figure in the £1bn Waterfront regeneration project, including the newly-opened V&A Dundee. Having announced his impending retirement back in May, he will leave the council later this month. Dundee has appointed Robin Presswood to take over. He was previously head of economy, planning and employability at Fife Council, where he had worked since 2004. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has appointed Simon Wren to its newly-created director of communications role. He has previously held posts as director of communications at the Home Office, Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Mr Wren said: ‘I'm delighted to be joining the WMCA at this exciting time, to help develop and lead the way we communicate with our diverse communities across the region. ‘The WMCA is already delivering a wide range of programmes designed to make a positive impact on the lives of local people – and my role will be to ensure our complex agenda for a thriving, inclusive economy is communicated clearly to an engaged audience, both at home and abroad. I cannot wait to get started.' Finance The CEO of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has announced he is to stand down after a year in the role. Andrew Warwick-Thompson intends to leave in the spring of 2019. LGPS chair, Joanne Segars, said: ‘Andrew has done a great job in building LGPS Central Limited and successfully steering the company through its start-up, regulatory authorisation and launch earlier this year. ‘As the company now enters its post-launch, business as usual, phase, Andrew feels the time is right for someone else to take the helm. Andrew will leave with our best wishes for the future.'

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York children's services chief moves to Rotherham

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2018

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