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Council structure and leadership team

Our council is structured into five directorates:

  • Children's Services
  • Core Services
  • Growth and Sustainability
  • Place Health and Adult Social Care
  • Public Health and Communities

Sarah Norman is the Chief Executive of Barnsley Council, and leads our senior management team.

The senior management team is responsible for making sure that policies approved and decisions made by councillors are implemented effectively. Issues that go to the senior management team that need a political decision then go onto cabinet. Where needed, these will also go onto a meeting of the full council.

Our leadership team

Sarah Norman

Sarah Norman

Chief Executive

You can contact Sarah Norman by emailing sarahnorman@barnsley.gov.uk

Carly Speechley

Carly Speechley

Children’s Services – Executive Director

• Children’s Social Care and Safeguarding - Matthew Boud (Service Director)
• Education, Early Start and Prevention – Nina Sleight (Service Director)

Wendy Popplewell

Wendy Popplewell

Core Services - Executive Director

• Business Improvement, HR and Communication – Michael Potter (Service Director)
• Customer, Information and Digital Services – David Robinson (Service Director)
• Law and Governance and Chief Monitoring Officer - Andrew Perriman (Service Director)

Matt O’Neill

Matt O’Neill

Growth and Sustainability – Executive Director

• Environment and Transport – Paul Castle (Service Director)
• Regeneration and Culture - Paul Clifford (Service Director)

Katy Calvin-Thomas

Katy Calvin-Thomas

Place Health and Adult Social Care - Executive Director

• Adult and Wellbeing – Julie Chapman (Service Director)
• Commissioning - Jayne Hellowell (Service Director)

Anna Hartley

Anna Hartley

Public Health and Communities – Executive Director

• Public Health – Carrie Abbott (Service Director)
• Communities – Phil Hollingsworth (Service Director)

Neil Copley

Neil Copley

Director of Finance for Core Services

Our services

Each of our directorates include a wide range of services. You can find out about the services in each directorate below.