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Ray Brownlee PSM appointed Randwick Council General Manager
Northern Beaches Council CEO Ray Brownlee PSM has announced his resignation, and will leave in March.
Before coming to the Northern Beaches Council, Mr Brownlee was the CEO of Randwick City Council (2004 – 2018), which is where he will be going again. Sources close to the process say that there was a ground swell of support among community groups in Randwick asking for Mr Brownlee to return.
Making his announcement today (Friday, 10 February), Mr Brownlee said that the Northern Beaches Council was in a ‘good place’ and it was an appropriate time for him to hand over to someone else.
“It’s probably a good time. Everything I wanted to achieve at Northern Beaches, I feel I’ve done. It’s time for someone else to come in and take it to the next level.
“The Council is in a good place. Councillors are really good, the staff is amazing, policy engagement with the community is good, and we’ve got two Councillors running for state government,”said Mr Brownlee.
Reflecting on his time as CEO, in which the Northern Beaches Council was awarded the AR Bluett Memorial Award in October 2022 for best Council in NSW, Mr Brownlee expressed satisfaction he was leaving a strong and vibrant organisation.
“We have built a culture that is customer focussed and we deliver outcomes for the community. We are also an organisation that had the capacity to be there for our community during the most difficult times in our recent history, during floods, fires and of course the pandemic.
“We delivered $46m in support, looked after the well-being of the community by keeping everyone connected with Library2U, keeping our parks and beaches open, establishing back2business initiatives, all while maintaining our essential services and delivering over $400m in capital works.
“We gave the organisation a direction with the purpose statement, and we strengthened our capacity by implementing a resilience strategy and very importantly, we looked after each other along the journey,” said Mr Brownlee.
The hunt for a new CEO of Northern Beaches Council will now begin. It is understood that one of the existing Directors will be asked to stand in as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
Mr Brownlee said he would remain until the day after the NSW Election (26 March) to ensure stability. He expects there will be great interest from around the country in filling the Northern Beaches CEO role.
Drawn on his position regarding two Councillors standing for election, and his direct experience working with them across the political divide, Mr Brownlee endorsed both Mayor Michael Regan and Cr Rory Amon as outstanding candidates for their communities.
“Michael Regan is an amazing Mayor, he is community focussed and to pull the merger together the way he has is just amazing. Rory [Amon] will be a sensational local member and great advocate for the whole state when he gets his turn in a ministry, he’s that good.
“It’s not political. If I thought they were not the right people, I would say that. I have been doing this for a long time, those two deserve to be the members,” said Mr Brownlee.
