IRRV - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Alan has been employed at Scarborough Borough Council for over 32 years, having joined in 1990. Whilst retaining the post of Borough Council Certificated Enforcement Officer, he is currently working in the Legal Section, primarily addressing Licensing enforcement/offences/prosecutions etc.
In 2007 he moved over internally from the Finance Section (where he had been managing the Council's self financing 'Internal Bailiff Unit') to bolster the enforcement aspects of Licencing Services.
Local Government has several major revenue raising services that are all now required to become self-financing wherever possible. Alan has lead a project to assess and streamline the Council's fee charging structure in this area.
He continues to lecture for the IRRV Yorkshire and District Associ ation on debt recovery and enforcement related topics including vulnerability aspects as required. Alan has continuously served the Association for 23 years, since being first elected to the Association's Executive Committee in 1999. He was previoulsy elected as Association President for 2007/8 and also served as Association Secretary from 2002 to 2010.
On 17 June 2022 Alan was elected again as Association President, this time for a 2 year period, setting out his key aims of working with colleagues to support students, resume face to face mee tings/lectures (post Covid) and to raise the Association profile for new members particularly as LGR/Unitary Status plans are progressing at great pace in the Yorkshire region, driving enhanced joined up working practice s.
He can be contacted on: Tel: 01723 232323
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Cambridge City Council
Alistair is a National Council member of the IRRV. He is currently Chair of the Local Taxation and Revenues Faculty Board, Vice Chair of the Law and Research Committee and Policy & Resources Committee member. He is also Immediate Past President of the East Midlands Association and a former examiner in Council Tax Law.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer and IRRV National Council Member
Allan was national President in 2006/07, a past President of the Scottish Association, and the immediate past President of the West Midlands Association. He is a former chair of the Scottish Revenues and Benefits Forum and advisor to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) on revenues and benefits matters. He is a tutor for distance learning and a regular speaker at conferences and seminars as well as a contributor to Insight.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Customer Focus Team Manager
Amrik began her local government career in 1986 at Birmingham City Council. During her time there she worked in general rates, community charge and council tax, in billing, customer service and recovery roles. Her final job there was Revenues Officer on the Court Enforcement and Insolvency Team.
In September 2009, she moved to Herefordshire Council as Senior Recovery/Court Officer. She was responsible for the day-to-day running of a team dealing with all aspects of council tax and non-domestic rate recovery. She attended liability order and committal courts, liaised with bailiffs and was responsible for considering all options for debt enforcement, including bankruptcy and charging orders.
In June 2010 she was appointed Council Tax Team Manager at Coventry City Council, managing the team who deal with all billing matters.
Since January 2013 she has been Customer Focus Team Manager at Coventry.
A member of the IRRV West Midlands Association Executive Committee since 2009, Amrik was President in 2013/14 and has previously served as Education Liaison Officer and Assistant Secretary. She is also current President of the IRRV Association Representatives group and a member of the Revenues faculty board.
Job Titles:
- Education Liaison Officer
- Member of the IRRV East Midlands Association
Andrea has worked in Revenues and Benefits at Rutland County Council since 1990, having a number of roles Andrea is currently the Revenues and Benefits Manager which includes local taxation, benefits, welfare reforms, financial crisis support and since 2011,Community Care Finance which includes charging for adult social care and deputyship management.
Andrea has been a member of the IRRV East Midlands Association since 1999.
Job Titles:
- Director of Andrew Hetherton Consulting Ltd and Business
- Executive Committee
Andrew Hetherton is a Director of Andrew Hetherton Consulting Ltd and business rates consultant. He has 26 years of experience as a business rates consultant in private practice. Having previously worked for GL Hearn where he was Head of Business Rates he has been involved with business rates appeals throughout the United Kingdom and in the Irish Republic. Prior to that, he spent a short time working for the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Andrew is also the Managing Editor of the IRV publications ‘Insight' and ‘Valuer'
Andrew is a member of the Council of the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV) and past National President. He is also Chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee and a member of the Governance Board supporting the IRRV Level 4 Apprenticeship in Revenues and Welfare Benefits. Previous roles include Chairman of the Law and Research Committee and Valuation Faculty Board. He is also a Past President of the Rating Surveyors' Association (RSA) and has served on the Committee of the RSA since 2008. Currently he is also one of the IRRV representatives on both the Professional Bodies Liaison Group, the Valuation Tribunal Users Group and the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) User Group. He is also a member of the RICS Local Taxation and Policy Group.
He has a particular interest in the out-of-town retail warehouses sector and is Chairman of Accessible Retail Ltd which represents the interests of landlords, occupiers, developers and investors in that sector. He has experience of dealing with a wide range of property types and has co-ordinated and represented the interests of a large number of occupier and landlord clients on business rates matters across numerous rating lists.
Andrew starting working within Revenues in January 1990 starting at South Norfolk Council as a Rating Assistant, moving to Richmondshire District Council in October 1998 as Senior Rating Assistant leading a small team responsible for the collection and recovery of National Non-Domestic Rates (Business Rate). In 2002 he took the post of Senior Local Taxation Officer responsible for the collection and recovery of Council Tax and Business Rates of over £75 million each year at Selby District Council.
In April 2009 Andrew started working for Civica UK Limited as Revenues Business Analyst on their Authority Revenues product. In May 2012 moved to Civica's Electronic Document (EDM) and Workflow solution (now Civica 360) and then from May 2015 worked as a Technical Consultant in Civica's Education Resource products, including an accountancy software package. From November 2020 Andrew moved to Civica's OPENRevenues product as Product Analyst.
Andrew obtained the full IRRV Qualification in 2003 and became an executive member of the IRRV Yorkshire and District Association in 2008 and served as the Association's Secretary for 2013/14 and was elected Association President for 2015/16.
He took up Modern Jive dancing over 10 years ago. He is undertaking a dance teaching qualification and is currently teaching Leroc Modern Jive.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Clerk to the Derbyshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands ( West ) Tribunals
Barry started a Local Government career in Birmingham City Council's Rates Office in 1960 as a junior rate clerk. He worked through all sections of the rates office until he became Principal Rating Officer in 1986. In 1990 he became Assistant Treasurer and was later redesignated Assistant Director of Finance. In 2001 Barry became Acting Deputy Director of Finance until retiring in November 2002 after 42 years with the same Council.
He is now working part time as an Associate Director for Equita and occasionally undertaking consultancy work for other organisations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- National Council Member
Bob retired in 2021 after a 38-year career in revenues and benefits. He left local government in 2019, his last role being Deputy Chief Executive at North Warwickshire BC where he worked for over 20 years and had responsibility for a range of functions including Revenues and Benefits. In this role, he also served a local government advisor to MHCLG. He previously worked at Coventry City Council, Nuneaton & Bedworth BC and Rugby BC as well as working for four years in the private sector where he ended his career as Business Development Director at Marston Holdings.
Bob has been actively involved in the IRRV since qualifying in 1995. For many years, he tutored on all parts of the IRRV professional examination courses on day release, block release and the Institute's national revision courses as well as being an examiner for 8 years and a frequent speaker at seminars, branch meetings and conference during this time.
He also served on the Institute's National Council from 2000 to 2022 and as IRRV National President in 2007/08, having been President of the West Midlands Association in 1999/00.
Bob continues to be involved in the IRRV in one of his passions - golf - as organiser of pre-conference and the National Associations golf event as well as being chairman of the awar- winning food hub he founded from the back of his car in 2013 which is now one of the largest independent food banks nationally and takes up a lot of his time. He also likes to travel which is a passion he retired to have more time to do.
Having a wealth of experience, Bob does continue to provide consultancy support and training to Revenues and Benefits colleagues on an ad hoc project basis in areas where he was an early champion in terms of shared services and financial and social inclusion and its impact on effective service delivery, and can be contacted using the details shown above.
Bob has worked at North Warwickshire for a number of years and has responsibility for a range of functions including Revenues, Benefits and the Council's Customer Contact Strategy. He has also worked at a Coventry City Council, Nuneaton & Bedworth BC and Rugby as well as doing two years in the private sector.
Bob has tutored on all parts of the IRRV professional examination courses on both Day Release, block release and the Institutes National revision courses. He is a frequent speaker at seminars, branch meetings and conferences, is an examiner and also a Local Government advisor to the ODPM.
Elected to the Institute's National Council in 2000, Bob was inaugurated as the IRRV's 2007/08 National President at the 2007 National Conference in Brighton held in October. Bob is a former President of the West Midlands Association.
Cathy started her career in Local Government in 1976 as a finance clerk in the Rates Section at Breckland District Council. She became Snr Rating Officer in 1987 and worked on the implementation of Community Charge before leaving to take up the post of Community Charge Manager with Forest Heath District Council in 1990.
She qualified as a Corporate Member of the IRRV in 1997 and shortly afterwards took on the role of Revenues and Benefits Contract Manager. In 1998 she became Head of Revenues and Benefit Services at South Norfolk Council and worked at the authority for 4 years before moving to the East Midlands to become Head of Income and Debt Management at Kettering Borough Council. In 2002 she moved to Coventry City Council as Head of Revenues and Benefits.
Cathy now works as a Consultant for Broadlands Consulting in Lichfield.
Job Titles:
- Press / Membership Officer
Chris is currently retired from local government after over 40 years' service to Bournemouth Borough Council.
He started his local government career in 1976 at the age of 16 as the Borough Treasurer's Department Junior. Following a number of positions in both Revenues and Benefits, he ended his career as Revenue & Benefits Client Manager, responsible for managing the Council's relationship with its outsourced service provider.
Chris studied for The Rating & Valuation Association's (the predecessor of the IRRV) examinations, winning the Central London Branch of the British Institute of Management's prize for "Management & Administration" in his Final Part II examinations. Chris subsequently studied for both a Certificate and a Diploma in Management Studies.
He has been an active member of the Wessex Association for many years. He lectured for a short while at Southampton Institute (now Southampton Solent University) on "Law of Rating" when courses were run there.
Chris is also involved on a voluntary basis with the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM Roadsmart). His other interests include running, cycling, walking and watching ice hockey.
Chris can be contacted at chrisfdale@yahoo.co.uk
Claire currently works at Harrogate Borough Council as a Local TaxationTeam Leader. Her life in public sector revenues began in 2006. Prior to joining Harrogate Borough Council she worked for 25 years in the private sector as a High Street Chainstore Manager.
Claire has served on the Association Executive Committee since 2015. She is an Honours member of the IRRV.
Claire has 21 years' experience working in Local Government Revenues and benefits, starting her career in 1999 at Boston Borough Council. During her career, Claire has worked for a single authority as well as a shared service. Claire is currently the Head of Revenues and Benefits for South Kesteven District Council. Claire joined South Kesteven District Council in March 2021 after providing 18 months of interim management support. Claire currently manages six teams who deliver services within Revenues and Benefits; council tax, benefits, business rates, income recovery, system support and technical.
Claire has been a member of the IRRV East Midlands Association since 2012 and has held positions as Membership Officer and Vice President. Claire currently holds the position of Association President and has done so since 2018.
Clare joined the rating team at Cushman & Wakefield in 2014 as a Senior Business Rates Manager. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Clare spent 18 years working for a number of local authorities in Northamptonshire dealing with all aspects of revenues, including non-domestic rates and council tax, providing an insight to local authority policies and procedures and the challenges faced by both local authorities and ratepayers.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Client Solutions Manager for Bristow & Sutor
Daniel is a Client Solutions Manager for Bristow & Sutor and looks after clients located in the East of England, East Midlands, London as well as the Yorkshire and Humber region. He started his career within the Enforcement Industry in July 2021 and has over 15 years experience in Revenues and Benefits having previously worked in Local Government, the Private Sector and a Social Housing provider.
Darren has over 23 years experience in the private debt collection sector working on behalf of collection agencies in specialist areas, including high volume low value consumer debt, commercial debt, tracing, debt purchase, field operations and out sourcing. He has held main Board positions at Rossendales and UK Search Limited for over 10 years.
Job Titles:
- Information Officer & Technician Member
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Revenues & Benefits Manager at Craven
Deb is the Revenues & Benefits Manager at Craven. She has worked in Reveneus and Benefits for over 30 years, more than she is comfortable to admit! This is her second stint on the Executive, having left to work across the border in Lancashire for a few years.
Job Titles:
- Education Liaison Officer
Gary has worked in Revenues since 2003, starting with Huntingdonshire District Council until 2005 and then taking various temporary contracts around the country.
In 2011, after a brief time out from the Revenues world as a Driving Instructor, Gary took a permanent position in the Recovery team at Mansfield District Council, before taking roles at Bolsover District Council, Gedling Borough Council and Capita. Gary is now the Recovery Team Leader with Sheffield City Council.
Gary has been a member of the IRRV since 2013 and a member of the East Midlands Association since 2019.
Job Titles:
- Education Liaison Officer
George has worked in Revenues since 2012 when he joined Capita at Southampton City Council as a Revenue Apprentice. In 2016 George became an IRRV Technician. During his time in Southampton George undertook various roles in Council Tax and NNDR.
George moved to Winchester City Council in September 2016, became a Revenues Team Leader in 2018 and then Revenues Manager in 2021. In 2020 George completed the IRRV Diploma qualification.
George has been an active member of the IRRV Wessex Association Executive Committee since November 2017 and undertook the role of Secretary since 2019, becoming president in 2023.
George can be contacted at gdraper@winchester.gov.uk
Job Titles:
- Assistant Secretary
- Supervisor
Ian started his career in local government with Birmingham City Council in 1982 as a clerical assistant, eventually becoming a rating assistant (property inspector) immediately before leaving to join Sandwell MBC in 1989.
Whilst at Sandwell, Ian was a team leader responsible for the collection of poll tax and council tax, primarily cutting his teeth in the magistrates' courts in liability order and committal proceedings and representing the council at Valuation Tribunal hearings.
He left Sandwell in 2003, joining North Warwickshire BC initially as Senior Recovery Officer, now as Revenues Supervisor with day-to-day responsibility across all council tax and non-domestic rate functions.
Ian joined the Isle of Wight Council in 1995 following a complete career change having previously been a budding professional footballer playing for Southampton Football Club Youth Team and Reserve Teams, as well as playing for and trialing with York City and Queens Park Rangers, until an injury forced an end to a possible professional career.
Ian's first role in the authority was as a Non Domestic Assistant, initially on a temporary three month contract. This was extended for a year and then led to a permanent position within Revenues. He made the transfer to Benefits a few years later and has worked in a number of Revenue and Benefit administration areas progressing through the job roles in Revenues, Benefits and Customer Services environment to a Senior Manager level.
In more recent years, Ian has managed a Corporate Organisational Intelligence team in addition to retaining his strategic lead role for Revenues and Benefits before moving to his current role as a Senior Manger within the Adult Social Care directorate leading Partnership and Support services and the work with health in terms of Integrated Care Partnership delivery. As an experienced Revenues, Benefits, Customer Services, Transformation Manager and senior manager, he has lead both complex and diverse statutory service areas, and organisational change project implementation programme management teams that has been accountable for various transformation projects across multi agency work streams including local authority and health agendas.
Ian was awarded a Queens British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Years honour in December 2021, for services to the community by leading the community covid response in the Isle of Wight.
Job Titles:
- Association Treasurer ( past President 2016 / 2017 )
James has over 20 years experience working in Local Government Revenues starting his career in the Community Charge Section at Great Yarmouth Borough Council in 1990. In 1993, he moved over to the Revenues Team and acquired an extensive knowledge in Council Tax and Non Domestic Rating registration, billing and recovery matters, attending and representing the authority at Liability Order and Committal Hearings.
In 1998, James became a certificated bailiff recovering outstanding Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates in the Norfolk area. He remained in this role until 2005 when he became Council Tax Manager at City of Lincoln Council. In 2007 he qualified as a full professional corporate member of the IRRV (Hons).
In 2012, James moved to the private sector joining Rossendales as Business Development Executive. He is also part of the Rossendales Training Team, presenting to clients on a variety of revenues and enforcement related subjects.
James also spends time auditing the company's enforcement agents. As a certificated enforcement agent himself, he is able to apply a comprehensive and objective approach to dealing with revenues related matters.
Jan Evans started work in 1974 as a benefit assessor at Dudley MBC, she moved on to General Rates and in 1988 joined Sandwell MBC as a District Rating Officer. In 2000 she moved back to Dudley as Community Charge Recovery and Court Manager (where for her sins I was the Court Officer dealing with liability order and committal cases). In 1997 Jan became Business Rate and Court Manager at Dudley.
In 2003 Jan joined Birmingham CC as Head of Council Tax and has recently taken up a new challenge by moving to Coventry City Council as their Head of Council Tax.
Jan was on the Exec from 1988 to 1997 during which time she was the ELO. She rejoined again in 2004. Jan has been a lecturer since 1989 and has lectured at revision courses in the past. And, just so John knows, She is proud to be a Baggies supporter!
Jeff was employed in the Valuation Off ice for over
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Webmaster
- Hon Assistant Secretary
Job Titles:
- Clerk to the Derbyshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands ( West ) Tribunals
- Member ( Secretariat )
John started his working life in the Valuation Office before moving to the Local Valuation Panel in 1987 (predecessor of VTS) and he has been there ever since. Based at Stafford, he is the Clerk to the Derbyshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands (West) Tribunals which are part of the VTS Central Region. John has been a member of the West Midlands Executive Committee since the early 1990s and held various posts. He is author of IRRV distance learning material in 2 specialist VT subjects and tutors on Caerleon / Keele / Dudley revision courses. He has been a speaker at various meetings and seminars including National Conference. John is proud to be a claret (Burnley FC supporter).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Kelly joined the rating team at Colliers International as a Rating Compliance and Audit Manager in August 2009. She is a Diploma member of the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation (IRRV) and is currently working towards completion of the IRRV honours qualification. She previously worked for Wolverhampton City Council, during which time she accumulated approximately 7 years' local government experience of the administration and collection of local taxes.
Kirsty has been working in the Revenues and Benefits world for over 30 years and is currently working at Hammersmith & Fulham Council as Head of Benefits. This role also includes responsibility for the Borough's Blue Badge Scheme, Freedom Passes, Taxi Cards and their Local Support Service.
Kirsty began her career back in 1988 at Scarborough Borough Council as a Housing Benefits Officer, where she first joined the IRRV and gained her IRRV Technician qualification.
She moved south in 1992 and after a short stint at Wandsworth Borough Council, joined Reading Borough Council as a Customer Service Advisor. She worked at Reading for 18 years, becoming the Head of Revenues and Benefits for the latter 8 years. The service was re-organised many times where she took on services such as Corporate Debt, a Cash and Post Office, as well as Residential Care and Non-Residential Charging Assessments.
In December 2018 Kirsty decided on a change and moved to London to become the Head of Benefits for Hammersmith and Fulham. When the pandemic hit, like many others she was fortunate to be given the chance to work from home on a permanent basis. As Kirsty is a proud Northern lass, she decided it was time to move back to Yorkshire and moved back to Scarborough with her husband George in July 2022.
Kirsty was an active member of the Thames Valley Executive for over 10 years, and was their President in 2017. Being based in the North she thought it was the right thing to do to join the Yorkshire & District Association Executive.
When not at work Kirsty enjoys spending time with her family and friends and walking her two border terriers, Flash and Pickles. She is also known to partake in a drink or two with our other IRRV Executive Members across the country.
Lyndsey was introduced to the world of Local Taxation during two weeks work experience organised by her school. Lyndsey then spent school holidays and afternoons after 6th Form working within the Revenues section before joining Christchurch Borough Council on a permanent basis in September 2002.
During her career in Local Government, Lyndsey has covered, Council Tax, Non Domestic Rates, Recovery, Penalty Charge Notices, Overpayment of Housing Benefit recovery and Systems. Lyndsey also spent some time on secondment to North Dorset District Council.
In September 2010 Christchurch Borough Council joined with East Dorset and North Dorset in the Stour Valley Partnership. Lyndsey has been seconded into various roles within Revenues and Systems since then. She worked on the project to attain Gold for the Excellence in Partnership Working (Shared Service) Award 2013 for the Stour Valley Partnership. In 2015 the Stour Valley Partnership joined with Borough of Poole to form the Stour Valley and Poole Partnership. Lyndsey is currently working within the Systems and Business Processing Team as the Senior Officer.
Lyndsey has completed her NVQ in Local Taxation and is also a qualified RQF (NVQ/QCF) assessor.
Lyndsey joined the Executive after the 2012 AGM and has been branch secretary and now President.
Outside of work Lyndsey volunteers for Bournemouth & Poole Skills and Learning, enjoys spending time with her dogs, horse riding, attending the odd dog show, visiting France and archery.
Lindsay can be contacted at lyndsey.dobbs@bcpcouncil.gov.uk
Job Titles:
- Member ( Education )
- Member of Committee
Margaret has worked for Birmingham City Council for over 30 years in various positions since starting as a cashiers junior. Her current position is Account Receivable Manager within the Shared Service Centre responsible for the invoicing and collection of sundry debts and Housing Benefit overpayments together with providing the central cashiers service.
She joined the WM Executive Committee just over 3 years ago but regularly attended Institute meetings since studying for the Institutes qualification many years ago. In 1998 she returned to studying and gained a Masters Degree in Business Administration at Aston University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Auditor, Webmaster & Education Liaison Officer
Michael has worked within Local Taxation for Leicester City Council as an officer, training officer, supervisor and manager at different times since 1994. He achieved Technician status in 2001 and corporate status in 2005. His service merged with Housing Benefits and he moved over to Housing Benefit management in 2007. He enjoyed this for four years and then an opportunity to manage Social Care financial operations arose in Leicester in July 2011. In January 2017 he became Project Manager for Social Care systems at Leicester specialising in the Childrens Social Care systems. In 2019 he became a Senior Project Manager for Social Care & Education systems.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Norwich City Council
Job Titles:
- Immediate past President
- Corporate Member
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management
Neil is a Corporate Member of the IRRV based on his extensive work in the public sector, particularly in local government revenues, recoveries, litigation and enforcement. He works for DWF Group plc, a leading global provider of integrated legal and business services where he works with the Lender Services and Recoveries teams in the UK.
Neil is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) and a member of CICM's Executive Board and Advisory Council. He is also Vice Chair of the Civil Court Users Association (CCUA). He has been recommended for Debt Recovery in the Legal 500 across several regions and has experience across all sectors.
Paul is a partner within the recoveries team at Wilkin Chapman LLP. He graduated from the University of Hull with a 2:1 degree in Law with Criminology. He passed his Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in York with Commendation and completed his training contract at a Hull based firm before joining Wilkin Chapman LLP as a solicitor in 2009. He became a senior solicitor in 2013, and became a partner in June 2018.
Since 2009 Paul has formed part of the firm's recoveries team and has acted for a range of creditor clients in relation to both volume debt recovery and more complex insolvency proceedings. He acts for a wide range of corporate clients, including local authorities, utility companies, debt purchasers and other commercial creditors.
From July 2013, Paul has had management responsibility for the development and delivery of "Resolution" Wilkin Chapman's unique service offering developed for creditors but primarily utilised by local authority clients. This service provides identification research, enforcement action and case estate administration to local authorities mainly engaged in the use of insolvency and charging order as recovery methods.
Paul has a wealth of experience in acting for petitioning creditors on personal insolvency matters, in particular those where petitions become defended. He also regularly deals with and advises clients on complex annulment applications and applications to set aside statutory demands. Paul has experience in acting for trustees in bankruptcy in relation to post bankruptcy issues such as applications for possession and sale and applications for examination.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Paula started working in Local Government at Rutland County Council in 1996. Over the years she has held a variety of roles from cashier to recovery assistant, council tax assistant, team leader, court officer and her current post as business rates officer.
Paula passed the IRRV technician exams in 2009. She qualified at diploma level in 2021 and was presented with an award at the annual IRRV Conference in Telford for being the highest performing candidate.
In her spare time, she enjoys running and regularly takes part in events.
Peter started working life with the VO in his home town of Grimsby in 1973, moving to Sandwell VO in 1983, then to Dudley and Kidderminster. He left the VO in 1990 to go into private practise as a Rating surveyor with Sellers. In1995 he started working for himself as an independent Rating surveyor before moving into Local Government, initially with Tamworth BC before taking up his current position with East Staffordshire BC, where he is Principle Estate Manager. He has been a member of the West Midlands Exec since 1990 and was West Midlands Branch President in 1996/97.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Benefits Apprentice / South Staffordshire Council
Job Titles:
- Assistant Association Secretary
Simon began working in Local Government Finance in 1989. During his career he has worked at Broxtowe Borough Council, Chesterfield Borough Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council and is currently Revenues Manager at Erewash Borough Council. Simon is a keen Derby County fan and enjoys watching cricket.
Job Titles:
- Education Liaison Officer
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Steve has over 30 years' local taxation experience working in a variety of public and private sector roles. He started his career at the London Borough of Wandsworth implementing Poll Tax before moving to Broxtowe BC, where for 10 years he managed the billing and debt recovery functions. In June 2000. Steve moved to Leicester City Council as Revenues and Benefits Manager and helped deliver year on year improvements in collection rates.
Steve moved to the private sector, working for Rossendales and following its acquisition by Marston he was appointed Client Services Director. His current role involves work on tender submissions and presentations, client management, and training in a range of technical and interpersonal skills subject areas. This blend of public and private sector experience enables him to offer an informed and supportive role to clients and other stakeholders across the local taxation workspace.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Secretary
- Immediate past President
Terri is the Service Lead for Revenues & Benefits at Winchester City Council where she has worked for over 25 years. The earlier part of her career was spent in Revenues - Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates. In more recent years this has broadened to include Benefits.
Terri has been a fully qualified member of the IRRV since 1999 and has held a number of associated positions -
Job Titles:
- Executive Committee
- Member of the Institute
Tim has worked in Revenues since 2010, and is currently Revenues Team Leader at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. He has also worked in various other Revenues roles at Woking Borough Council and the London Borough of Hackney.
Tim is a student member of the Institute, and is currently undertaking the Level 3 Technician qualification. Tim is also involved with the Institute in other capacities, currently serving as a member of the Local Taxation and Revenues Faculty Board and regularly contributing to Insight magazine.
Tim can be contacted at Tim.Morris@basingstoke.gov.uk
Job Titles:
- Ex - Officio
- Member of the Yorkshire & District Association Executive Committee
Vic has been a member of the Yorkshire & District Association Executive Committee for the past 11 years, including two as Treasurer and two as President. During this time he has helped to co-ordinate and deliver seminars and continues to contribute actively to its programme of events and activities. He have also spoken at IRRV national conferences in Telford, Leeds and Crieff.