Leader of the Council and the Leadership Team
The role of the Leader and the Leadership Team
The Leadership Team is made up of the Leader of the Council and up to nine other councillors, known as lead members, who are selected by the Leader.
The Leadership Team has overall responsibility for the strategic direction and decision-making within the council. All decisions are published in advance and are open to scrutiny by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and four select committees. To find out more about Leadership Team meetings and related decisions, visit our Leadership Team and Key Decisions page.
The Leadership Team is also responsible for providing Borough-wide leadership. This includes engaging with residents, communities, and our partners across the whole Borough on what their priorities are, and actively seeking out opportunities for collaboration and consultation on the Council’s policy proposals as detailed in our Council Plan.
Each Lead Member has responsibility for a defined service area or 'portfolio', as allocated by the Leader. These are detailed below.
Lead members are supported by an executive management team, the Council's Management Structure.
Councillor Elizabeth Campbell
Leader of the Council
- Council Plan direction and delivery.
- Council finances and overall budget responsibility.
- Overall responsibility for Grenfell Recovery and legacy.
- Strategy, performance, policy, communications and public affairs.
- Driving corporate transformation and change.
- Emergency and civil contingency planning.
- Corporate services and human resources.
- Electoral Services, Governance, and decision making.
- Liaison with government, the Greater London Authority and London Councils
- Local and regional stakeholder liaison and strategic partnerships.
Councillor Kim Taylor Smith
Deputy Leader and Lead Member for Employment, Culture and the Economy
- Economic development, employment, and skills.
- Working in partnership with cultural institutions.
- Events and filming and cultural services.
- Registrars and bereavement services.
- Library and archive services.
- Supporting Notting Hill Carnival.
- Local employment.
- Supporting local businesses and supply chains.
- Street markets and street trading.
- High streets and retail space.
- Apprenticeships and alternative career pathways.
- Further education, skills, and employability.
Councillor Sof McVeigh
Lead Member for Housing
- Grenfell housing support.
- Building new homes.
- Investing in and renewing housing estates.
- Housing support, strategy, and policy.
- Lancaster West improvements and projects.
- Housing management services.
- Driving up housing safety standards.
- Tackling homelessness.
- Housing revenue account and business plan.
- Support for refugees and asylum seekers.
- Partnerships with housing providers and private sector housing.
Councillor Josh Rendall
Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
- Safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
- Public health and promotion of healthy living.
- Tackling health inequalities.
- Social services for adults.
- Services to support the elderly.
- Services to support people with learning disabilities.
- Provision of mental health services in partnership with NHS and partners.
- Physical disability services.
- Transitions from children’s services.
- Partnership working and service integration with local NHS.
- Discretionary welfare provision and subsidised transports.
- Chair of Health and Wellbeing Board.
Councillor Sarah Addenbrooke
Lead Member for Communities and Community Safety
- Community safety and crime.
- Dedicated services for Grenfell bereaved and survivors.
- Grenfell community programmes.
- Grenfell legacy, alongside the leader of the council.
- Support and grant funding for voluntary, and community sectors.
- Ward budgets - City Living Local Life.
- The Mayoralty and Youth Council.
- Delivery of the fairer action plan and council’s equality strategy.
- Consultation and engagement.
Councillor Catherine Faulks
Lead Member for Family and Children’s Services
- Safeguarding of vulnerable children and young people.
- Support for children and young people in learning and educations settings.
- Support for children and young people affected by Grenfell.
- Ensuring robust corporate parenting.
- Services for schools and pupils.
- Nursery schools and childcare.
- Children’s centres.
- Youth Services, youth justice, and Youth Offending team.
Councillor Cem Kemahli
Lead Member for Finance, Digital, and Efficiency
- Customer services.
- AI policy, strategy, and use.
- Revenue and capital budget planning, monitoring and capital budget delivery.
- Investments, Treasury management.
- Commercial and income generation.
- Support with cost of living.
- Council Tax and benefits.
- Digital and service transformation.
- Legal services.
- Procurement policy.
- Corporate health and safety.
Councillor Emma Will
Lead Member for Property, Parks and Leisure Services
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Property.
- Facilities management.
- Parks, green spaces, and community gardens.
- Cemeteries.
- Mortuary and coroner’s services.
- Leisure centres and sports facilities.
Councillor Johnny Thalassites
Lead Member for Environment and Planning
- Transport strategy and transportation policies.
- Parking fees, charges, policy and operations.
- On street licensing and licensing enforcement.
- Trading standards.
- Waste management, recycling, street cleaning, and pest control.
- Highways maintenance and street lighting.
- Environmental regulation: health and safety, noise, food hygiene.
- Net zero, air quality, and environmental commitments.
- Lead local flooding authority.
- Improving private sector housing enforcement.
- Planning policy and building control.
- Amazing Spaces.