Senior leadership
Details of senior employees who work as part of the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Thames Valley
The two statutory roles that every Police and Crime Commissioner must have are Chief Executive (Chief of Staff), and Chief Finance Officer, (Treasurer):
Chief Executive – Gillian Ormston
Prior to becoming the TVP OPCC Chief Executive Gillian was Talent Manager for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police. During this time Gillian worked in partnership with Women of Colour in Policing (WoCiP) to implement talent management solutions aimed to retain and support Women of Colour in developing their policing career. She also completed her Master’s Degree in Business and Organisational Strategy at Hertfordshire University through the Hertfordshire Constabulary apprenticeship scheme.
In her spare time Gillian is the Chair of the board of Trustees of the Disability Resource Centre, based in Flitwick (Bedfordshire). She is also an unpaid, voluntary, Executive Director of the aMazing Therapy Centre based in High Wycombe.
During 2011 – 2017 Gillian set up and ran her own Learning and Development consultancy business, and previously spent 23 years at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), working with senior government ministers to deliver ministerial agendas, such as Liaison and Diversion Services.
Gillian’s role as Chief Executive is to support and advise the PCC in developing and delivering his strategic objectives, as expressed through the Police and Crime Plan, and his statutory duties and responsibilities. She also has the role of Monitoring Officer and responsibility for the direct overall management of OPCC employees.
Gillian has recently joined the Executive Leadership team for the Association of Police and Crime Commissioner Chief Executives (APACCE).
Salary: £141,544
Chief Finance Officer – Martin Thornley
Martin took up post as Chief Finance Officer on 8th August 2022. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has previously worked at the University of Oxford and Great Western Railway.
As Chief Finance Officer for the PCC the main priorities of his role are: value for money for taxpayers; financial strategy and budgeting; risk management; audit and governance; treasury management; financial reporting and the annual statement of accounts.
Salary: £130,979
Other senior employees
| Job Title | Role | Salary (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Director of Service Delivery | Provide strategic leadership across the OPCC in relation to service delivery, to deliver a high quality, adaptable, flexible, and sustainable support service. | 85,463 |
| Director of Strategy & Performance | Provide strategic leadership across the OPCC in relation to strategic planning and performance monitoring, to deliver a high quality, adaptable, flexible, and sustainable support service. | 84,591 |
| Head of Governance and Compliance | Monitoring and dealing with complaint reviews and general oversight of governance issues together with dealing with legal matters, which may arise including applications for judicial review. In addition the post holder is also the Data Protection Officer (a statutory position) for the OPCC. | 73,640 |
| Chief Internal Auditor | Leading the internal audit service for both the OPCC and Thames Valley Police. | 73,640 |
| Corporate Accountant | Lead production of the PCC and TVP annual Statement of Accounts, oversee treasury management activities, manage the OPCC finance function and deputise for the CFO. | 72,905 |
| Head of Service Delivery | Providing operational leadership and oversight of OPCC projects and programmes of work to ensure high-quality interventions and services are delivered, including commissioning external services, partnership working and management of in-house services. | 71,429 |
| Programme Manager, Local Criminal Justice Board | Leads delivery of Thames Valley’s criminal justice strategy, coordinates multi-agency collaboration, manages governance and performance frameworks, supports the Board and Chair, and drives projects to improve efficiency, victim experience, and reduce reoffending. | 64,662 |
| Complaints Review Manager | Review police complaints handling and outcomes when requested by members of the public in accordance with the Policing and Crime Act 2017. | 64,016 |
| Head of Performance, Scrutiny & Assurance | Providing strategic oversight of all Internal and External performance monitoring, developing and maintaining a robust reporting framework, ensuring there is a culture of continuous improvement. Supporting and Advising the Police and Crime Commissioner in holding the Chief Constable to account, ensuring effective and efficient use of public funds. Oversight of the joint OPCC and TVP scrutiny groups, ensuring lessons are learnt and organisational learning is identified and embedded. | 62,722 |