{"id":38146,"date":"2014-01-24T15:59:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8322227c54a50db9abbd55774f7c4c29"},"modified":"2014-01-24T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:59:14","slug":"press-release-grenville-turner-appointed-non-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=38146","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Grenville Turner appointed Non-Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/grenville-turner\">Grenville<\/a> joins the Board as the fourth Non-Executive Director for the department in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/sara-weller\">Sara Weller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/stephen-hay\">Stephen Hay<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/nick-markham\">Nick Markham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent Secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/bob-kerslake\">Sir Bob Kerslake<\/a>, welcomed Grenville\u2019s appointment by saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I am pleased to welcome Grenville as Non-Executive Director for the department. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience which will be an asset to the department. We are looking forward to having him on board.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On his appointment to the role, Grenville said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I am looking forward to joining the <abbr title=\"Department for Communities and Local Government\">DCLG<\/abbr> Board. I hope that my experience and knowledge of communities and the property sector will allow me to make a valuable contribution to the <abbr title=\"Department for Communities and Local Government\">DCLG<\/abbr>. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Board to enrich the debates within government and regulators when devising policies and plans to ensure we create vibrant and cohesive places for people to live and work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Non-Executive Board Members are appointed by the Secretary of State and are experts from outside government. Their role is to advise the department on performance (including agreeing key performance indicators), operational issues (including the operational\/delivery implications of policy proposals), and on the effective management of the department. They will also provide support, guidance and challenge on the progress and implementation of the business plan, and be involved in recruiting, appraising and planning succession of senior executives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Following a career in retail banking, Grenville Turner joined the Countrywide Group in August 2006 and became Group Chief Executive in January 2007. Grenville has 38 years experience in retail banking and the property sector, past directorships have included Rightmove.co.uk, St James\u2019s Place Plc, Sainsbury\u2019s Bank Plc and Realogy, the largest Realtor in the US. Currently, Grenville is Executive Chairman of Hamptons International, Chairman of Knightsbridge Student Housing Ltd and of Bellpenny Ltd, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Zoopla Property Group. Grenville qualified as a Chartered Banker in 1982 and holds an <abbr title=\"Master of Business Administration\">MBA<\/abbr> from Cranfield School of Management.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Eland House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBressenden Place<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/><span class=\"postal-code\">SW1E 5DU<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:press.office@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">press.office@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News desk<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has appointed Grenville Turner as a Non-Executive Director to the department\u2019s Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}