Dr Robert Chilton
Following the completion of a Ph.D on the London housing market, Bob joined local government, working in planning, housing and chief executives' departments of UK councils. In 1979, he was appointed as Director of Housing and Property Services for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Bob became Assistant Director of South Bank Polytechnic in 1984. In 1986, he became Chief Executive of Gillingham Borough Council and in 1989, he became the Audit Commission’s Local Government Director.
In 1995, on secondment, Bob was Chief Executive of the Local Government Commission, completing the structural review of English councils. Between 1999 and 2001, Bob on secondment, established the Greater London Authority, serving as its inaugural Chief Executive. He is the Vice-Chair of the National Consumer Council until September 2008. In addition, he is Chair of East Thames Group – a major London Housing Association, Deputy Chair of PhonepayPlus, a Non-Executive Director of the Office of the Information Commissioner and a Non-Executive Director of the Waste and Resources Action Programme. He also sits on the Home Office Audit Committee.
Register of Interests
Employment
Outside employment, professions and sources of remuneration, including employment with a Standards Board-regulated authority within the last five years.- Consultancy – immediate clients have been IDeA, Solace International and Ecotec. Assignments have been L.B. Waltham Forest, M.B. Oldham, R.B. Kensington & Chelsea and Tunbridge Wells DC
- On behalf of the National Consumer Council, I am a member of the Local Government Delivery Council
Remunerated directorships
Remunerated directorships held in public/private companies and unremunerated directorships of associated or subsidiary companies.- Chair of the East Thames Group – a registered Housing Association
- Deputy Chair of PhonepayPlus
- Vice Chair of the National Consumer Council
- Board member of the Information Commission
- Board member of the Waste & Resources Action Programme
- Member of the Home Office Audit Committee
- Board member of Thurrock Urban Development Corporation (no longer current)
- Board member of the Central Police Training & Development Authority (no longer current)
Clients
Current clients who are Standards Board-regulated authorities, or members or co-optees of Standards Board-regulated authorities.- None
Sponsorship
Sponsorship or financial/material support from Standards Board-regulated authorities, members/co-optees of Standards Board-regulated authorities or other related persons or organisations.- A pensioner under the Audit Commission’s superannuation scheme
Land and Property
Authorities in which they maintain a residence or beneficial land holding.- City of Westminster
- South Lakeland District Council.
Political Representation
Any Standards Board-regulated authority of which they are members, or have been within the last five years.- None
Public Appointments
Ministerial or public appointments held, including appointments made by a Standards Board-regulated authority or related organisation.- None
Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests which do not fall into the above categories
- Wife is an employee of London Borough of Camden
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