Chief Executive, Calderdale Council and Place Lead, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Policy Leaders Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy

Robin has been Chief Executive at Calderdale Council, West Yorkshire, since June 2017, and Calderdale’s Accountable Place Lead for the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board since July 2022. He is responsible for leading both the Council’s and Calderdale Cares Partnership workforce, supporting system leadership across the area with public, private and voluntary sector leaders in support of Calderdale Vision 2034, and oversees a major regeneration programme across the borough’s market towns. Robin chairs West Yorkshire Chief Executives Group and is Yorkshire and Humber Lead Chief Executive for Migration/Asylum and Workforce.

In October 2024, Robin was elected President of Solace (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and senior managers) commencing his two-year term in January 2025.

Robin has been a Local Government Association Peer for twenty years, providing support to other local authorities, most recently, the London Borough of Islington and Oxfordshire County Council. Robin was previously Director of Communities and Business Change for Calderdale, leading the redevelopment of the multi-award-winning restoration of the Piece Hall, and prior to that worked in local government in East London, the Probation Service and the voluntary sector. Robin has Masters degrees in Management and Social Work (with distinction), is an honorary life member of the Faculty of Public Health, and a founding Trustee of Belong.