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Hertfordshire County Council to employ headhunters to help find new chief executive




Hertfordshire County Council is to use a team of professional head-hunters to find a new chief executive.

Owen Mapley, who has held the top job at the county council since 2019, has resigned to move on to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in April.

On Monday (February 26) the council’s employment committee agreed to commission an executive search company to assist in the search for a replacement.

Owen Mapley
Owen Mapley

They also agreed that from April 1 deputy chief executive Scott Crudgington should take on the interim chief executive role, subject to the approval of a meeting of the full council.

Councillors heard that the top job would be advertised with a salary of £187,623 to £207,751. But the exact details of the role were considered by them in private and will only be made public when the vacancy is formally advertised.

Because the chief executive role is also the council’s ‘head of paid service’, the appointment would ultimately have to be approved by a meeting of the full council. The committee was told the aim was to hold the interview process in time for that approval to be sought at a meeting of the full council on May 21.

County Hall, Hertford
County Hall, Hertford

Praising Mr Mapley’s contribution, leader of the county council Cllr Richard Roberts said: “Can I just take this opportunity to thank Owen Mapley for his service to Hertfordshire County Council, which started with him coming in as finance director and then moving up to chief executive. He has been an absolute stalwart and helped us through some very difficult times, including Covid for example.”



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