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 five Assistant Directors as set out below.

 The CFO is in charge of the following:

Deputy Chief Fire Officer - Director of Service Planning & Assurance

David Norris

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: