Profiles of Cabinet members

Leader of the Council

Councillor Julian German 

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Leadership of the Council;
• Strategy;
• Communications and Reputation;
• Devolution to Cornwall;
• Chair of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Leadership Board;
• Safeguarding;
• Equalities and diversity;
• Human Resources and Organisational Development;
• Resident Engagement

Councillor German is the Independent member for Roseland. 

Deputy Leader

Councillor Adam Paynter

Responsibilities within this portfolio include:

• Resources and Finance;
• Fair Funding
• Chair of Health and Wellbeing Board
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Collaboration and Sponsor Board
• Cornwall Council Farms Estate

Councillor Paynter is the Independent member for Launceston North and North Petherwin. 

Portfolio holder for Customers

Councillor Mike Eathorne-Gibbons

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Customer services
• Property and Asset Management
• One Public Estate
• Council’s Group of Companies (CORSERV)
• Information Services
• Procurement and Contract Management
• Leisure
• Audit

Councillor Eathorne-Gibbons is the Independent member for Ladock, St Clement and St Erme.

Portfolio holder for Children, Wellbeing and Public Health

Councillor Sally Hawken

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Children’s Social Care
• Children’s Safeguarding
• Corporate Parenting Board
• Early Intervention Services for Vulnerable Children
• Education; Special Educational Needs
• Public Health
• Health and Wellbeing Board
• Child Poverty
• Youth services
• Fuel Poverty

Councillor Hawken is the independent member for Liskeard East. 

Portfolio holder for Adults

Councillor Rob Rotchell

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Social care services for Adults
• Adult Health and Social Care Integration
• Adult Prevention and Wellbeing Services
• Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding
• Adult Learning Disability
• Adult Mental Health
• Health and Wellbeing Board

Councillor Rotchell is the Liberal Democrat member for Camelford.

Portfolio holder for Climate Change and Neighbourhoods

Councillor Edwina Hannaford

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Climate Change
• Community Networks and Localism
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership
• Devolution to Town and Parish Councils and Community groups
• Gypsy and Travellers
• Library Services
• Registrars

Councillor Hannaford is the Liberal Democrat member for Looe West, Lansallos and Lanteglos.

Portfolio holder for Environment and Public Protection

Councillor Rob Nolan

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Waste and Street Cleaning
• Fire and Rescue services
• Blue Light Collaboration
• Public Protection and Enforcement services
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership
• Waterways
• Beaches and Flood Resilience
• Public Rights of Way
• Parks and Open Spaces;
• Cemeteries and Penmount Crematorium
• Historic Environment
• Maritime Services
• Cornwall and Tamar Valley AONB’s';

Councillor Nolan is the Liberal Democrat member for Truro Redannick.

Portfolio holder for Culture, Economy and Planning

Councillor Tim Dwelly

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Planning
• Economic Growth and Development including Cultural Strategy
• Skills Agenda and Relationships with Universities
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership
• Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site
• Cornish Language
• Arts and Museums
• Building Control

Councillor Dwelly is the Independent member for Penzance East.

Portfolio holder for Homes

Councillor Andrew Mitchell

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Social Housing
• Housing Delivery
• Homelessness
• Cornwall Housing
• Housing Standards and Adaptations
• Liaison with Housing Providers
• Welfare Reform
• Empty Homes

Councillor Mitchell is the Independent Councillor for St Ives West. 

Portfolio holder for Transport

Councillor Geoff Brown

Responsibilities within this portfolio include: 

• Highways
• CORMAC
• One Public Transport System
• Sub Regional Transport Board
• Cornwall Airport Newquay and Spaceport
• Public Transport
• School and Social Care Transport
• Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry
• Parking

Councillor Brown is the Liberal Democrat member for Newquay Central.