The four new executive directors fill vacancies that had existed over a lengthy period as council dealt with the impacts of COVID-19, floods and staff attrition.
Michael Sharp has been appointed as director of sustainability.
Mr Sharp is a senior local government executive with more than 20 years of experience in leadership and management across a range of areas, including statutory and strategic planning, subdivision engineering, economic development and building control.
He joins from Hume City Council where he was the director of planning and development.
Kate Lemon has been appointed as director of infrastructure, a role she has held in an acting capacity since 2022.
Ms Lemon, who started her career with the former Rochester Shire Council in 1990, has held roles including aged and disability services manager, public environments manager and community business manager.
Her portfolio includes road maintenance and construction, project management, asset management, engineering, properties, building maintenance, parks, gardens, plant and fleet.
Jo Bradshaw has been appointed director of communities.
Ms Bradshaw joins from the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council where she was manager of community services.
She has spent 20 years in local government, working in community planning, policy development, regulation and service delivery.
Matthew McPherson has been appointed director of corporate, a role he has held in an acting capacity since 2022.
Mr McPherson joined Campaspe Shire Council in 2008 and has held roles including strategic asset manager and information and communications technology manager.
His portfolio includes finance, information communications technology, people and culture, customer service, communications and risk and audit committee.
Campaspe Shire Council chief executive officer Pauline Gordon expressed her pleasure at being able to announce the four new directors.
“I am delighted to welcome these highly regarded people into these roles and very much look forward to having them on board to help us move on from what has been an extremely challenging time,” Ms Gordon said.
“We have been so fortunate to have had staff across the organisation who stepped up to temporarily fill a range of vacancies, often juggling two roles, and their own personal circumstances as a result of the floods, but we know that is not sustainable long-term.
“I want to sincerely thank and acknowledge those staff for ensuring the organisation had the support and leadership during one of the most difficult times in our community.”
The appointments come after council received an overall rating of 4.9 out of 10 in the 2023 Customer Satisfaction Survey.
The four new directors join Ms Gordon and recently appointed director of emergency management Shannon Maynard on the executive leadership team.
Ms Gordon, who only joined council in October 2022, said the new executive leadership team and all council employees were well aware of the road ahead.
“We have a lot of work to do in the flood recovery space, and we also have some big commitments to deliver improvement to services, infrastructure and efficiency of services, and we must have the resources to be able to do that,” she said.
“I feel privileged to be able to go through this process of shaping our future by recruiting to the director roles and am excited to have these directors on board to work with our wider council team.”
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