Council Appointments

David Goldie, Head of Housing, The Highland Council, has been appointed Interim Director of Housing and Property. 

Mr Goldie will head up the new service, which combines the former Housing Service and Property and Architectural Services, until a permanent appointment is made.

A report on permanent recruitment arrangements will go to The Highland Council on Thursday 6 September.

Meanwhile, the Council has appointed Ashley Gould, to the new post of Head of Procurement. Mr Gould is currently the Council’s procurement manager.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, Mr Gould will take overall responsibility for all procurement activity within the Council and will lead a procurement team, which aims to ensure optimised efficiency and effectiveness in the Council's annual £180 million-plus procurement programme.

His team will work closely with partner agencies to identify cash-saving initiatives and develop a five-year strategic procurement strategy to ensure the Council gets best value out of its procurement activities.

Mr Gould joined The Highland Council in June 2002 as Procurement Manager.  Prior to this he worked for Northern Constabulary as their Procurement Manager and with the Benefits Agency and Ministry of Defence in other procurement roles.
 
Mr Gould is the current Chairman of the Scottish Local Government Procurement Forum and also represents the procurement community on the Scotland Excel Steering Group.