Greg Moore has been appointed the Corporation’s Deputy Town Clerk following a competitive process.
The City Corporation has almost 4,250 staff covering seven corporate departments, three service departments and seven major institutions.
As Deputy Town Clerk, his responsibilities include overseeing the co-ordination of political and policy advice to the City Corporation’s elected Members and senior staff leaders and supporting the organisation’s decision-making processes.
Greg will help lead the organisation’s Governance and Member Services section, which supports more than 500 political decision-making meetings each year.
He also manages the programme and private offices of the Lord Mayor and the City Corporation’s de-facto political leader, the Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee.
The Deputy Town Clerk role includes oversight of the organisation’s Strategic Security & Resilience service, helping to protect the City, ensuring business continuity, and recovery.
In the position Greg will supervise the City Corporation’s responsibilities as a police authority to maintain a safe and secure City; Corporate Health & Safety; and services for the wider Town Clerk and Chief Executive’s department.
The Deputy Town Clerk, alongside the City Corporation’s full leadership Team, is key to delivering the commitments in the organisation’s five-year Corporate Plan, which was launched in March.
The Plan is designed to ensure the City Corporation focuses on its ambition to be a world-class organisation that fully embraces the needs and diversity of the communities it serves.
Greg joined the City Corporation as an administrative assistant in 2009 and has progressed through the organisation working in a number of different roles, including as the Interim Deputy Town Clerk for the past ten months. Outside of his time at the City Corporation, Greg also has local authority and charity sector experience, particularly in the governance field.
From a long line of Londoners and local authority workers, Greg has strong connections with London and the City in particular, having gone to a school with Livery Company links.
Corporation Policy Chairman, Chris Hayward, said:
“Greg’s appointment is richly deserved and recognises his outstanding work.
“He will help lead us at local, London-wide, national, and international levels.
“The role of Deputy Town Clerk is integral to the implementation of our Corporate Plan, which showcases not only our commitment to our residents, businesses and communities we serve in the Square Mile, but emphasises our leadership in contributing to the UK’s prosperity.
“Greg’s work will be critical to our journey as an organisation and his expertise and experience will help skilfully guide us.”
Corporation Town Clerk and Chief Executive, Ian Thomas CBE, said:
“Greg’s appointment to this pivotal role is fantastic news.
“Our goal is for the City Corporation to be a world-class organisation. He will play a leading part in creating an outstanding work environment where employees have the skills, recognition and motivation to deliver our ambitious Corporate Plan.”
Corporation Deputy Town Clerk, Greg Moore, said:
“The City Corporation is unique, exceptional, and extraordinary and it is a privilege to have been appointed to this role.
“I am really excited to be working with our brilliant staff to deliver on our priorities, focussing on our mission to build an organisation that is even more resilient, responsive and agile, and continues to creates opportunities for all the diverse communities we serve.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS
The City Corporation is the governing body of the Square Mile dedicated to a vibrant and thriving City, supporting a diverse and sustainable London, within a globally successful UK.
The organisation has a unique role in being the local authority for the , as well as promoting the UK financial and professional services industry at home and abroad, through international visits to key global markets by its Lord Mayor and its Policy Chairman.
Its Destination City programme is the City Corporation’s growth strategy for the Square Mile as a world-leading business and leisure location. Destination City is delivering a seven-day-a-week Square Mile that is a global magnet for businesses and residents, visitors, and workers alike.
The organisation is one of the largest funders of heritage and cultural activities in the UK, investing over £130m every year. It manages and supports a range of world-class cultural and heritage institutions for the public good, including the Barbican Centre, Tower Bridge, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Guildhall Art Gallery, and London Metropolitan Archives.
Through its Family of Schools, careers festivals, and skills programmes, the City Corporation helps to boost the education, skills and life-long learning for people of all ages. It runs some of the country’s best public services, protecting 11,000 acres of green space, such as Epping Forest and Hampstead Heath, providing social housing on 12 estates across the capital, managing wholesale markets, and acting as the London Port Health Authority and the Animal Health Authority for Greater London.
The City Corporation plays a leading role in maintaining the Square Mile as the safest business district in the world through its Police Authority Board, which supports and scrutinises the work of the Police, the National Lead Force for Fraud, and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for economic, cyber and business crime. It also owns and manages the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), where some of the highest profile criminal trials in England and Wales are held.
It is the sole trustee of the City Bridge Foundation – which maintains five iconic London bridges, and awards charity grants of over £30 million a year to tackle disadvantage across the capital – and it has also made an extra £200 million available over five years from 2021 to 2026 to support London’s charity sector.
The City Corporation also supports the City’s Livery Companies, which through their work on trade, skills, and education, contribute over £75m each year to charity.
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