Senior Leadership Team

Chief Fire Officer & Chief Executive (CFO & CE)

Dawn Whittaker

It is the role of the CFO & CE to deliver the strategic aims and objectives on behalf of the Fire Authority.

The CFO & CE is also responsible for:  

• advising the Fire Authority on all operational matters
• ensuring that the Service continues to meet its statutory obligations, through reducing risk, maintaining operational assurance and resilience
• and providing value for money

The CFO & CE is supported by the Senior Leadership Team which consists of the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, the Assistant Chief Fire Officer and six Assistant Directors as set out below.

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 The CFO is in charge of the following:

Deputy Chief Fire Officer - Director of Service Planning & Assurance

Mark O'Brien

It is the role of the DCFO:      

• To ensure the provision of an effective and efficient Fire and Rescue Service to all of the diverse communities of East Sussex and the City of Brighton & Hove in accordance with all statutory, legal and other obligations making East Sussex and the City of Brighton & Hove a safer place and achieving its corporate objectives.    
• To direct and strategically lead on the Service Planning & Assurance Directorate comprising Safety & Assurance, Resources and Planning & Improvement and People Services     

The DCFO is in charge of the following:

Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Director of Service Delivery

Mark Matthews

It is the role of the ACFO:

• To ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient Fire and Rescue Service to all of the diverse communities of East Sussex and the City of Brighton & Hove in accordance with all statutory, legal and other obligations making East Sussex and the City of Brighton & Hove a safer place and achieving its corporate objectives.
• To direct and strategically lead the Service Delivery Directorate comprising Response & Resilience, Operational Support.

The ACFO is in charge of the following: