BRADFORD Council have appointed staff to two key roles in the authority.

Joanne Hyde will be appointed to the post of Strategic Director for Corporate Resources, after the move was approved by the Full Council last week. She was recently Corporate Director, Transformation and Resources, at Trafford Council and will start her new role at Bradford Council in August.

Anne Lloyd has been appointed to the post of Director of Human Resources. She is currently Deputy Director of People at NHS England in Leeds and has previously headed up HR in government departments. She will take up her position in October.

The Corporate Resources department incorporates the Council’s Finance department. Following Mrs Hyde’s appointment, the council’s Section 151 Officer, a role responsible for financial matters, will continue to be Andrew Crookham, Assistant Director, Finance and Procurement.

Council leader Susan Hinchcliffe, said: “We had an excellent field of candidates to choose from. It is pleasing to see that good people are being attracted to work for Bradford Council, having seen the high standard of work going on here.”