Annex A

Richard Webb Proposed City of York Council Chief Executive  (Head of Paid Service) Biography

Richard Webb is corporate director for health and adult services at North Yorkshire Council and has held this post since 2014. Prior to that he has been a director in Sheffield and Telford and Wrekin, with responsibility for services such as housing, culture, leisure, community development and community safety and cohesion, as well as social care and health.

Earlier in his career he worked in local government and the NHS in Stockton on Tees, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside.

Richard will bring to the Council many achievements, including doubling the numbers of extra care housing schemes, securing up to £60m capital investment for new care and support hubs and leading the recent CQC inspection (published 30 October 2025) in North Yorkshire.  Richard was also part of the team that brought together 8 councils to create a single unitary authority in April 2023 and, during this time, led work on culture, leisure and sport

In Sheffield, Richard helped to save Sheffield’s libraries during austerity and making fundamental changes to how council housing operated in the city as part of a 30 year investment plan.

Everywhere Richard has worked, he has, developed prevention, mental health and substance use services and supported greater co-production with people who use services.