Brent appoints former Harrow teacher as interim chief exec (From Harrow Times)
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Brent Council appoints former Harrow teacher Christine Gilbert as interim chief executive
5:06pm Wednesday 19th September 2012 in News
By David Hardiman, Reporter
A former Harrow teacher will become Brent Council’s temporary chief executive after the controversial departure of her predecessor.
Former Whitmore High School headteacher Christine Gilbert will take up the post in early November while the council finds a permanent replacement for Gareth Daniel, it announced this afternoon.
Mr Daniel left his £194,550-a-year job nearly two weeks ago after a reported breakdown in his relationship with council leader Muhammed Butt, but no official announcement, explanation, or detail of his severance package has been given.
Mrs Gilbert, who is married to former Harrow East MP Tony McNulty, worked as director of education at Harrow Council and chief executive of Tower Hamlets Council before serving as head of Ofsted from 2006-11.
Cllr Butt said he was “delighted” at the appointment, adding: “She has a wealth of local government experience at the most senior level and will provide inspirational leadership to the council in
the months ahead.
“Brent is proud of its achievements to date and although already a high performing organisation we are committed to providing even better services to residents under the council's new leadership
team.”
Harrow Council for Justice says...
8:19pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Trained as a history teacher, Christine (CBE) became head of Whitmore High School (a youngest headteacher in Harrow at the time), then joined the Harrow Council as an education officer and rapidly progressed to Director of Education followed by becoming head of Tower Hamlets Education Services where she was grown to be the chief executive of Tower Hamlets.
Christine was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education (head of Ofsted) between 2006 and 2011.
Some leading members of the HCJ knew Christine well while she was in Harrow.
There appears to be a history of relationship between education and Brent council chief executives – for example, George Benham Brent’s Director of Education progressed to become the chief executive but left the Brent council before the end of 4 years contract to become headteacher of a Catholic secondary school in Brent.
Brent has an interesting history!