New corporate director to join Denbighshire

Denbighshire County Council has announced the appointment of a new corporate director.

Bethan Jones, has been chosen as Corporate Director - Governance and Efficiency. Bethan is currently the Deputy Chief Executive and Corporate Director for Improvement and Development at Conwy County Borough Council.

She lives in Llanfairfechan and has been a director in local government for over eight years. She was previously a senior manager in the National Health Service for 11 years.

Denbighshire's Chief Executive, Mohammed Mehmet, said: "I'm absolutely delighted to announce this senior appointment to join the Corporate Executive Team.

"Bethan will bring with her a wealth of management experiences into a job which has been created to improve the governance of the authority and its efficiency and we look forward to working with Bethan as we strive to meet our aim of being one of the best councils in Wales".

Bethan is due to begin in Denbighshire in January 2010.