Chief Officers structure
Effective January 20, 2025

Chief Executive Craig Hatton
Head of Paid Service | Leadership for the Council | Strategic Management | Strategy & Policy Development | Leading Improvement & Organisational Change | Main Contact for Emergencies | Returning Officer for Elections
Corporate Services

Head of Service (Democratic) Aileen Craig
Legal | Committee & Member Services | Civil Contingencies Planning | Policy, Performance & Elections | Information Governance | Corporate Communications | Executive Leadership Team | Reports to Committees | Monitoring Officer

Head of Service (People & ICT) Fiona Walker
Human Resources | Organisational Development | Employee Services (Payroll & Resourcing) | Information Technology | Customer Services | Leadership Support | Executive Leadership Team | Reports to Committees

Head of Service (Finance) Mark Boyd
Financial Management | Procurement | Health & Safety | Risk & Insurance | Corporate Fraud & Internal Audit | Transformation | Executive Leadership Team | Reports to Committees | Chief Financial Officer
Communities and Housing

Executive Director (Communities & Housing) David Hammond
Strategic Lead for Communities & Local Democracy | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Team | Report to Committees

Head of Service (Connected Communities) Rhonda Leith
Community & Locality Planning | Participatory Democracy | Community Learning & Development | Community Capacity Building, Empowerment & Asset Transfer | Youth Participation & Citizenship | Information & Culture | Sport, Outdoor Activity & Community Wellbeing

Head of Service (Housing & Public Protection) Yvonne Baulk
Housing (Operations, Strategy & Development) | Building Services | Planning | Protective Services | Community Safety
Education

Executive Director (Education) Sam Anson
Strategic Lead for Wellbeing | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Team | Report to Committees

Head of Service (Education) Andrew McClelland
Education & Schools | Early Learning & Childcare | Inclusion & Supporting Learners’ Needs | Developing the Young Workforce | Facilities Management | Chief Education Officer
Place

Executive Director (Place) Russell McCutcheon
Strategic Lead for Climate Change | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Team | Report to Committees

Head of Service (Sustainability, Transport & Corporate Property) Laurence Cree
Sustainability | Transport | Property Management & Investments

Head of Service (Neighbourhood Services) Thomas Reaney
Waste | Roads | Streetscene

Head of Service (Economic Development, Growth & Regeneration) Louise Kirk
Economic Policy & Strategy | Growth | Investment | Employability | Business Support & Development | Regeneration & Placemaking | Community Wealth Building | Commercial Estates
Health & Social Care Partnership

Director (Health & Social Care Partnership) Caroline Cameron
Chief Officer of IJB | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Teams | Reports to NHS Board & Integration Board

Head of Service (Children, Families & Justice) Elizabeth Stewart
Assessment & Care Management of Vulnerable Children | Residential & Day Care for Children & Young People | Fostering & Adoption Services | Criminal Justice Social Work Services | Family Support Services | School Nursing | Health Visiting

Head of Service (Health & Community Care) Kerry Logan
Assessment & Care Management for Older People | Physical Disabilities | Sensory Impairment | Residential & Day Care Services for Older People | Care at Home | Arran War Memorial Hospital | Lady Margaret Hospital | Care Homes | Adult Support & Protection | District Nursing | Sexual Health | Money Matters

Head of Service (Mental Health) Thelma Bowers
Pan Ayrshire Mental Health Services, including hospitals | Learning Disability Services | Addiction Services
Head of Service (HSCP Finance, Transformation and Support Services) Vacant
Financial Planning & Management | Chief Financial Officer | Strategic Planning | Transformation | Information Systems | Performance Management | Contracts & Commissioning | Business Support | Financial Inclusion

Chief Social Work Officer Scott Hunter
Delivery, maintenance and improvement of proper Social Work standards and practice and governance | Professional responsibility for oversight of cross-cutting areas of social work service delivery | Leadership of Self-Directed Support & Carers Team and the Learning & Development Team

Chief Executive Craig Hatton
Head of Paid Service | Leadership for the Council | Strategic Management | Strategy & Policy Development | Leading Improvement & Organisational Change | Main Contact for Emergencies | Returning Officer for Elections
Education

Executive Director (Education) Sam Anson
Strategic Lead for Wellbeing | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Team | Report to Committees

Head of Service (Education) Andrew McClelland
Education & Schools | Early Learning & Childcare | Inclusion & Supporting Learners’ Needs | Developing the Young Workforce | Facilities Management | Chief Education Officer
Communities and Housing

Executive Director (Communities & Housing) David Hammond
Strategic Lead for Communities & Local Democracy | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Team | Report to Committees

Head of Service (Connected Communities) Rhonda Leith
Community & Locality Planning | Participatory Democracy | Community Learning & Development | Community Capacity Building, Empowerment & Asset Transfer | Youth Participation & Citizenship | Information & Culture | Sport, Outdoor Activity & Community Wellbeing

Head of Service (Housing & Public Protection) Yvonne Baulk
Housing (Operations, Strategy & Development) | Building Services | Planning | Protective Services | Community Safety
Place

Executive Director (Place) Russell McCutcheon
Strategic Lead for Climate Change | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Team | Report to Committees

Head of Service (Sustainability, Transport & Corporate Property) Laurence Cree
Sustainability | Transport | Property Management & Investments

Head of Service (Neighbourhood Services) Thomas Reaney
Waste | Roads | Streetscene

Head of Service (Economic Development, Growth & Regeneration) Louise Kirk
Economic Policy & Strategy | Growth | Investment | Employability | Business Support & Development | Regeneration & Placemaking | Community Wealth Building | Commercial Estates
Corporate Services

Head of Service (Democratic) Aileen Craig
Legal | Committee & Member Services | Civil Contingencies Planning | Policy, Performance & Elections | Information Governance | Corporate Communications | Executive Leadership Team | Reports to Committees | Monitoring Officer

Head of Service (People & ICT) Fiona Walker
Human Resources | Organisational Development | Employee Services (Payroll & Resourcing) | Information Technology | Customer Services | Leadership Support | Executive Leadership Team | Reports to Committees

Head of Service (Finance) Mark Boyd
Financial Management | Procurement | Health & Safety | Risk & Insurance | Corporate Fraud & Internal Audit | Transformation | Executive Leadership Team | Reports to Committees | Chief Financial Officer
Health & Social Care Partnership

Director (Health & Social Care Partnership) Caroline Cameron
Chief Officer of IJB | Leadership & Co-ordination | Strategic Management | Policy & Planning | Executive Leadership Teams | Reports to NHS Board & Integration Board

Head of Service (Children, Families & Justice) Elizabeth Stewart
Assessment & Care Management of Vulnerable Children | Residential & Day Care for Children & Young People | Fostering & Adoption Services | Criminal Justice Social Work Services | Family Support Services | School Nursing | Health Visiting

Head of Service (Health & Community Care) Kerry Logan
Assessment & Care Management for Older People | Physical Disabilities | Sensory Impairment | Residential & Day Care Services for Older People | Care at Home | Arran War Memorial Hospital | Lady Margaret Hospital | Care Homes | Adult Support & Protection | District Nursing | Sexual Health | Money Matters

Head of Service (Mental Health) Thelma Bowers
Pan Ayrshire Mental Health Services, including hospitals | Learning Disability Services | Addiction Services
Head of Service (HSCP Finance, Transformation and Support Services) Vacant
Financial Planning & Management | Chief Financial Officer | Strategic Planning | Transformation | Information Systems | Performance Management | Contracts & Commissioning | Business Support | Financial Inclusion

Chief Social Work Officer Scott Hunter
Delivery, maintenance and improvement of proper Social Work standards and practice and governance | Professional responsibility for oversight of cross-cutting areas of social work service delivery | Leadership of Self-Directed Support & Carers Team and the Learning & Development Team