Paul Rogerson, Chief Executive
Paul is a barrister and has degrees in law and economics. He lectured at universities in the UK and US before entering local government, with Barnsley Council, in 1975. He later worked at Kirklees Council before transferring to Leeds in 1989, to head up the city council’s then Legal Services Department.
Paul became a member of the council’s Strategic Management Team in 1995 and was appointed Chief Executive in 1999.
He has seen the city of Leeds through a period of successful and rapid development and has played a key role in promoting inter-authority working across the city region.
In the 2007 Queen’s New Year’s Honours he received a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in recognition for his work as head of one of the country’s largest councils over the past seven years.
Dave Page, Deputy Chief Executive
Dave is a qualified accountant. He spent 25 years in the council's Finance Department (now the Corporate Services Department), rising from a trainee accountant/clerk in 1974 to the Director of Finance in 1992.
Dave left finance in 1999 to take on the role of Executive Director (Resources), assuming responsibility for performance managing personnel, finance, IT, central services, contracting services and taking responsibility for new functions of asset management and best value.
In January 2001, Dave was re-designated as Deputy Chief Executive. Dave is also a council nominated director of Education Leeds.
The Chief Executive's office is based in Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 1UR.