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, in West Yorkshire, since June 2017 responsible for leading the Council’s workforce, and system leadership across the area with public, private and voluntary sector leaders, delivering Calderdale Vision 2034 and a major regeneration programme across the borough's market towns.

Currently he is President of Solace (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) after being lead spokesperson for Solace for Economic Prosperity from 2020-24.

Robin was NHS Place Lead for Calderdale from 2020-26 and before being appointed Chief Exec was Director of Communities and Business Change for Calderdale, leading the redevelopment of the multi-award-winning restoration of the Piece Hall in Halifax. Prior to that he worked in local government, the Probation Service and the voluntary sector in East London.

Robin is an honorary life member of the Faculty of Public Health, a Non-Executive Director of the Northern Housing Consortium and a Trustee of