Honour for Oldham Council chief executive

Carolyn Wilkins

OLDHAM Council Chief executive Dr Carolyn Wilkins has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

The 49-year-old is made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her services to Local Government and Public Service Reform.

She has been in post since January, 2014, and has led a significant programme of growth and reform through the local authority's cooperative agenda.

Dr Wilkins is part of what is currently Greater Manchester's only all-female Chief Executive and Council Leader team. She is also the lead chief executive role for Greater Manchester on a range of issues including delivering the Complex Dependency programme as part of wider public sector reform, communications and engagement, and the development of a new Greater Manchester Leadership Framework.

Full reaction in Monday's Chronicle