New team for Tower Hamlets

ELN: The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has revealed a new interim management team along with a new management structure. This follows the announcement that Kevan Collins will be leaving Tower Hamlets to join the Education Endowment Foundation.Aman Dalvi OBE who is the current Corporate Director for Development and Renewal will be Interim Chief Executive. Given the challenging financial climate created by government cuts the Mayor is proposing to strengthen the interim arrangements. Therefore, Stephen Halsey, the current Director of Communities, Localities and Culture has been asked to work alongside Mr Dalvi as the Deputy Chief Executive.A report will be made to full council at its meeting in September.

The Mayor has written to the group leaders to keep them updated about the interim arrangements.The council announced on Friday that the proposals for the interim Chief Executive appointment would be announced this week and would be drawn from within the existing Corporate Management Team following consultation. Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, said, “Kevan Collins has done a fantastic job for the people of Tower Hamlets for which I will always be grateful. I wish him well in his new national role and I know that the children of England will greatly benefit from his expertise.” “I am fortunate to have a very strong Corporate Management Team and I am proposing that Aman Dalvi take the position of Interim Chief Executive supported by Stephen Halsey as his Deputy Chief Executive. They are both exceptional managers with a proven track record of delivery in this great borough. I have no doubt they will accelerate momentum towards the delivery of my objectives of more and better social housing, tackling crime and drugs on our streets, improving access to jobs for local people and a better quality environment.”