Appointment Panel – Head of Corporate Communications

Friday 24 November 2006 at 1 pm

Present:  Councillors Blair, McKenzie, Nimmo, Chief Executive, Corporate Director Improvement & Performance and Corporate Director Education & Social Care.

Chair:  Councillor Blair presided.

In attendance:  Mr R Blackburn, PSBA Ltd, Mr K Dalgleish and Mr D O’Brien, Munro Consulting.

The following paragraphs are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Panel.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Shortlisting and Arrangements for Interview of Applicants

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Post of Head of Corporate Communications

There were submitted copies of applications received for the post of Head of Corporate Communications.  The Panel decided to call a shortlist of five candidates for interview and thereafter make an appointment, all as detailed in the appendix.