Paul Martin (civil servant)

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Paul Martin is a British civil servant who has served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Government of Jersey in the Channel Islands since 1 March 2021. He has worked in local government and the UK Civil Service for more than 38 years (as of 2021). [1]

Martin previously worked as the Chief Executive for both the Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. He announced his resignation from that role in February 2020. He initially joined Wandsworth Council in 2010 and, due to a shared staffing agreement, became the Chief Executive of Richmond Council in 2016. The Leader of Richmond Council described him as "a steady hand on the tiller". [2]

Career

Initially a librarian, [3] he is considered to be one of the most experienced council Chief Executives in the UK, having working the civil services of the Sutton Council and a number of councils in Great Manchester, the Midlands, East Anglia and London. [2]

In 2014, it was revealed that Martin, at the time the chief executive for just Wandsworth Council, had a £230,440 total pay package, including salary and bonuses, higher than the British Prime Minister's. The salary was brought to light during a council meeting where the leader of the council's opposition Rex Osborne said that "council tax is going on the absurdly high pay of senior staff while everything else is just being cut". [4]

Martin will become the Chief Executive Officer of Jersey on 1 March 2021 on a 12-month contract. This is the highest civil service position on the island. The vacancy of this position came after a controversy involving the previous Chief Executive, who had taken a secondary job as a non-executive director of a UK real estate firm. [5]

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References

  1. Morris, Michael (29 January 2021). "New interim government chief executive appointed to replace Charlie Parker". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Kellie, Susie (28 January 2021). "Chief executive of Richmond and Wandsworth Councils to step down". Richmond and Twickenham Times . Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. Team, Learning Services (30 December 2016). "'Home Sweet Home', says CEO, Paul Martin". The Library Blog ... Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. Peyer, Robin de (9 February 2014). "Wandsworth council boss given pay package to dwarf the Prime Minister". Evening Standard . London. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. Morris, Michael (29 January 2021). "New interim government chief executive appointed to replace Charlie Parker". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 30 January 2021.