Deborah Cadman

Who is Deborah Cadman?

Deborah Cadman OBE was appointed Chief Executive of Suffolk County Council on 21 October 2011, following the departure of Andrea Hill several weeks before. Ms Cadman had previously been head of the East of England Development Agency and before that Chief Executive of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk. Her salary is £150,000 with no bonuses nor increments; £65,592 less than her predecessor.

Cadman gained her first degree in politics and started her career in the engineering department of the London Borough of Newham. Her next post in Birmingham was managing a voluntary sector project in Handsworth, developing partnerships and community strategies. After joining Birmingham City Council as an economic development officer, she worked on some of the biggest urban regeneration projects in the country. During this period she also worked on major policy projects and public and private sector ventures while gaining a masters degree in economics.

As head of corporate policy at Redcar and Cleveland Borough, Cadman was responsible for regeneration, social policy, partnerships and 'best value'. She was also a member of the National Charities Lotteries Board Advisory Committee in the North East. During this time she gained a second masters degree in management.