Bob Kerslake

Sir Robert Kerslake (born 1955), who is known as Bob, is Chief Executive Designate of the new Homes and Communities Agency that will begin operating in 2009. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/16/housingmarket.housing Brown reveals housebuilding tsar | Business | The Observer ] ]

Career

Sir Bob is originally from Bath, UK. After graduating in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, he held a number of posts with councils in London before becoming Chief Executive of the London Borough of Hounslow. He moved to Sheffield to take up the post of Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council in 1997. He departed to take up his post with the Homes and Communities Agency in March 2008.

Recognition

*In 2003 Kerslake was named in a "Guardian" list of the 100 most influential people in the public sector. [ [http://society.guardian.co.uk/influence100/story/0,,1038723,00.html The innovators | Society | The Guardian ] ]
*In 2004 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University for his "distinctive contribution to public service". [http://www.shu.ac.uk/cgi-bin/news_full.pl?id_num=PR632&db=04]
*In 2004 he received a knighthood for services to local government. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/south_yorkshire/4135887.stm BBC NEWS | England | South Yorkshire | Council chief receives knighthood ] ]

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