The chief executive
The council's chief executive is Colin Hilton. He has overall management responsibility for the council and its officers.
Colin is head of the paid service, that is the staff, and acts as the returning officer in local elections.
About Colin
Colin was appointed chief executive in 2006. Born in Merseyside, he graduated from the University of Wales and taught for 10 years in Bridgend, Coventry and the USA. He worked for Buckinghamshire, Knowsley and St. Helens councils before coming to Liverpool in October 1999 as executive director for Children's Services.
He was awarded the CBE for services to education in the 2006 New Year's Honours list.
Responsibilities
As well as being responsible for the management of the council overall, Colin also manages the following services:
- customer contact
- business process re-engineering
- e-government
- human resources
- equal opportunities
- diversity and social inclusion
- revenues and benefits services
View the Chief Executive's Office portfolio page to see more information on these services.
The chief executive advises the leader of the council, and the executive board and also attends the meetings of the full council.