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.