Gary is the Corporate Director of Resources for North Yorkshire Council, one of the youngest unitary councils that came into being in April 2023. In this role he leads on Finance, Property, Procurement, Technology, Customer, Commercial and Change Management.

Previous roles include Assistant Director in Finance and then a period as Assistant Chief Executive support on Policy, Performance and Partnerships. He became the S151 Officer for North Yorkshire County Council in late 2012 and was heavily involved in the development of proposals for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and then played a key role in managing the transition from eight Councils to the new single Council for North Yorkshire. Since then, he has been overseeing the transformational work that follows from the opportunities of LGR and wider change to both improve effectiveness and reduce costs. To date LGR annual savings of circa £60m have been identified with over half of that already delivered. Further LGR inspired savings are also expected over the next few years as work progresses.

Gary has held the position of President of Society County Treasurers and is a peer reviewer for the LGA.

Gary’s interests include reading, archery, Burnley FC and running/repairing his rather clapped-out 1990 VW van!