Cabinet Members
Haringey Council's Cabinet Members
The Cabinet is a group of Councillors who take most of the decisions about what the council does. It is made up of a Leader and nine other Councillors. Each Cabinet Councillor looks after an individual area of responsibility. They make decisions on how our policies and services are delivered.
Below is a list of who the current Cabinet members are and a summary of their portfolio (areas of responsibility).
- Leader of the Council
- Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and the Climate Emergency and Deputy Leader of the Council
- Cabinet Member for Planning, Licensing and Housing Services
- Cabinet Member for Early Years, Children and Families
- Cabinet Member for Customer Service, Welfare and The Public Realm
- Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Well-being
- Cabinet Member for Employment, Skills and Corporate Services
- Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation
- Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making and Development
Leader of the Council
Councillor Peray Ahmet
- Communications
- Co-production and co-design
- Communities and the voluntary sector
- Corporate governance, performance, policy and strategy
- Covid – response and resilience
- Community Safety including tackling serious youth violence
- Equalities
- External partnerships
- Fairness Commission implementation
Councillor Ahmet's ward and contact details.
Tel: 020 8489 1625
Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and the Climate Emergency and Deputy Leader of the Council
Councillor Mike Hakata
- Air Quality
- Biodiversity and trees
- Carbon Management and Zero 50
- Liveable Neighbourhoods
- North London Waste authority
- Strategic Transport including LTNs and Schools streets
- Renewable energy
- Parks and Leisure
- Sustainability
Councillor Hakata's ward and contact details.
Tel: TBC
Cabinet Member for Planning, Licensing and Housing Services
Councillor John Bevan
- Building Regulations
- Empty Homes
- Decent Homes and health and safety issues in housing stock
- Homelessness and Rough sleeping
- Homes for Haringey including Resident engagement
- Licensing and regulatory services
- Landlord Licensing and enforcement
- Local Plan
- Partnerships with social landlords
- Planning policy, framework and enforcement
- Private Rented Sector
- S106 and Community Infrastructure Levy
Councillor Bevan's ward and contact details.
Tel: TBC
Cabinet Member for Early Years, Children and Families
Councillor Zena Brabazon
- Adoption and fostering
- Early help
- Early years and childcare
- Libraries
- Looked after children and care leavers
- Refugee and migrant support
- Safeguarding children
- Schools and education
- Services for children with disabilities and additional needs
- 16-19 education
- Youth services and youth justice
Councillor Brabazon's ward and contact details.
Tel: 020 8489 1132
Cabinet Member for Customer Service, Welfare and The Public Realm
Councillor Seema Chandwani
- Customer services
- IT and Digital transformation
- Parking and parking transformation
- Revenue and benefits including ethical debt
- Street scene improvement and the public realm
- Waste management and enforcement
Councillor Chandwani's ward and contact details.
Tel: 020 8489 3171
Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Well-being
Councillor Lucia Das Neves
- Adult social care
- Connected Communities
- Food security
- Health and Social Care integration
- Health and well-being board – chair
- Mental health and well-being
- Public health
- Safeguarding adults
- Services for adults with disabilities and additional needs
- VAWG prevention
Councillor das Neves' ward and contact details.
Tel: TBC
Cabinet Member for Employment, Skills and Corporate Services
Councillor Julie Davies
- Council HR and Staff well-being
- Corporate recruitment
- Culture
- Electoral registration and electoral services
- Emergency planning
- Information management
- Insourcing policy and delivery
- Adult learning, training and skills
- Tackling unemployment and worklessness
Councillor Davies' ward and contact details.
Tel: TBC
Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation
Councillor Isidoros Diakides
- Accommodation strategy
- Capital strategy
- Community buildings
- Council finances, budget and MTFS
- Council Tax policy
- Procurement
- Property portfolio
Councillor Diakides' ward and contact details.
Tel: TBC
Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making and Development
Councillor Ruth Gordon
- Council House Building Programme
- Housing Strategy and Development
- Estate renewal
- Business engagement
- Community wealth building
- Local economic growth
- SME business development
- Town centre and high streets strategy
Councillor Gordon's ward and contact details.
Tel: TBC