Non-Executive Director, Rob Whiteman
Rob Whiteman is the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency. He was appointed to this role in 2011. Rob was previously Managing Director of Local Government Improvement & Development (LGID), formerly the Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA). In April 2010 Rob was appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government to advise on emergency actions in relation to Doncaster MBC.
From 2005 to 2010 Rob was Chief Executive of LB Barking & Barking and Dagenham where the Council made swift improvement from 2 stars to the dual top rating of 4 stars with ‘improving strongly’ direction of travel which was recognised by several awards including in 2008 the Most Improved Council of the Year and Beacon status for Tackling Climate Change.
Rob is a Non-Executive Director member of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) Departmental Board and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee.