Employees remuneration 2023-24

Chief officers' remuneration 2023-24

This table shows the remuneration as paid through the council's payroll to the Council's Chief Executive, Statutory Chief Officers, members of the Strategic Leadership Team (i.e. those reporting to the Chief Executive) and employees with salaries over £150,000.

Chief Executive of H&F Council - Sharon Lea

Sharon Lea served as acting Chief Executive in 2022/23 (and confirmed as permanent by council on 24 May 2023)

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £212,481
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £33,198
  • Total remuneration: £245,679

Director of Children's Services - Jacqui McShannon

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £167,595
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £34,525
  • Total remuneration: £202,120

Strategic Director of Economy

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £148,624
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £30,708
  • Total remuneration: £179,332

Strategic Director - Chief Operating Officer

The Strategic Director - Chief Operating Officer commenced in post on an interim basis in May 2023.

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £124,800
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £28,065
  • Total remuneration: £152,865

The Director of Legal Services (Monitoring Officer) commenced in post in January 2024. Prior to this, the Monitoring Officer
role was occupied on an external interim basis.

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £19,919
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £4,103
  • Total remuneration: £24,022

Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)

The Director of Finance commenced in post on an interim basis in July 2022 and was made permanent in June 2023.

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £148,800
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £30,653
  • Total remuneration: £179,453

Strategic Director of Social Care - Lisa Redfern

There were two postholders who occupied this post during 2023/24 - the original postholder Lisa Redfern, left the Council in May
2023 and was replaced in the same month by the new officer.

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £27,828
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £5,733
  • Total remuneration: £33,561

Strategic Director of Social Care

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £142,312
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £191
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £26,803
  • Total remuneration: £169,306

Strategic Director of Environment

The Strategic Director - Environment commenced in post in June 2022.

  • Salary, fees and allowances: £152,070
  • Bonuses: £0
  • Expenses allowances: £0
  • Compensation for loss of office: £0
  • Pension contribution: £31,326
  • Total remuneration: £183,396

Number of employees receiving remuneration of more than £50,000 during 2023-24

The council's other employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year (excluding employer's pension contributions and including redundancy payments) were paid the following amounts.

These numbers do not include senior employees shown in the previous section or staff employed directly by schools.

Employees receiving remuneration of more than £50,000 during 2023-24
Remuneration band Number of employees
£170,000 - £174,999 1
£165,000 - £169,999 0
£160,000 - £164,999 0
£140,000 - £144,999 0
£135,000 to £139,999 0
£130,000 to £134,999 5
£125,000 to £129,999 2
£120,000 to £124,999 5
£115,000 to £119,999 2
£110,000 to £114,999 6
£105,000 to £109,999 11
£100,000 to £104,999 11
£95,000 to £99,999 13
£90,000 to £94,999 23
£85,000 to £89,999 11
£80,000 to £84,999 22
£75,000 to £79,999 41
£70,000 to £74,999 39
£65,000 to £69,999 94
£60,000 to £64,999 166
£55,000 to £59,999 224
£50,000 to £54,999 314
Total number of employees 990

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