Anne Marie Bond

Name: Anne-Marie Bond
Date of Birth: March 1976 (Companies House record)
Current Position: Chief Executive & Head of Paid Service, Torbay Council (since 1 April 2021)

Career History

  • Chief Executive & Head of Paid Service, Torbay Council
    Apr 2021 – present
    • Overall responsibility for management of the authority, statutory duties as Head of Paid Service.
    • Acts as Returning Officer for elections and ballots (e.g. 2021 BID ballot).
    • Leads corporate recovery, transformation programmes and governance oversight.
  • Interim Chief Executive, Torbay Council
    Aug 2020 – Apr 2021
    • Took post following departure of Steve Parrock.
    • Led council during pandemic recovery and engaged with LGA governance review processes.
  • Director of Corporate Services / Monitoring Officer roles (Torbay Council)
    Prior to 2020
    • Served as senior officer with responsibilities for legal, democratic and corporate governance functions (council organisational charts list her as Director of Corporate Services).
  • Solicitor
    • Admitted solicitor (Law Society professional listing). Worked in local government legal services before senior executive roles.

Company Directorships (Council-owned companies)

  • Torbay Housing Company Ltd — Director (13 Sep 2017 – present)
  • Torbay Education Ltd — Director (13 Aug 2019 – present)
  • SWISCO Ltd — Director (18 Sep 2019 – 15 Apr 2024)

Education & Qualifications

  • Qualified solicitor (further academic details not publicly available).

Skills & Experience

  • Strategic leadership of a unitary authority.
  • Corporate governance, monitoring officer responsibilities.
  • Election and ballot management (Returning Officer).
  • Board-level experience in council-owned companies.

Anne-Marie Bond — Full chronology (documented)

All sources are Council pages, Companies House and published investigation / LGA documents cited after each entry.

Pre-2020 (background)

  • Mar 1976 — Date of birth recorded on Companies House officer page for Anne-Marie Bond. Companies House
  • 13 Sep 2017 — Appointed Director, Torbay Housing Company Limited (Companies House appointment). Companies House
  • 13 Aug 2019 — Appointed Director, Torbay Education Limited (Companies House appointment). Companies House
  • 18 Sep 2019 — Appointed director of SWISCO Ltd (Companies House). Companies House

2020 — Leadership change

  • 17 Jul 2020 — Announcement that Steve Parrock would step down as Chief Executive and move to full-time at TDA; context for subsequent interim appointment. (Council press context). Torbay Council+1
  • 31 Jul 2020 — Council Extraordinary Meeting: Anne-Marie Bond appointed Interim Chief Executive (Torbay Council press release confirming interim appointment). Torbay Council

2021 — Permanent appointment & public duties

  • 1 Apr 2021 — Confirmed as permanent Chief Executive & Head of Paid Service at Torbay Council (Council press release PR8362). Torbay Council
  • 6 May 2021 (and various 2021 ballots) — Acted as Returning Officer for ballots (e.g., BID ballot announcement where she announced the result). Public reporting shows she performed Returning Officer duties (English Riviera BID result announcement). Torbay Council+1

2022–2024 — Company roles, governance and investigations

  • 20 Feb 2018 – 3 Feb 2023 — Held director roles in Torbay Housing Rental Company Ltd and Torbay Housing Development Company Ltd; Companies House shows termination of some appointments in Feb 2023. (These corporate filings reflect the Council-owned company arrangements she was involved with.) Companies House+1
  • Aug 2020 (context / LGA) — The LGA governance peer review of Torbay Council’s control/influence of the TDA was published in Aug 2020; Anne-Marie Bond (then Interim CEO from July 2020) appears in council officer context and the review addresses senior officer roles in governance arrangements. (System-level governance review; not a personal adverse finding.) Torbay Council+1

2024 — Formal internal complaint & investigation (documented)

  • 13 Dec 2024 (report date) — Torbay Council published FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT — Complaint by Anne-Marie Bond against Cllr Katya Maddison (redacted copy available on the Council’s Democratic Services pages). The 51-page redacted investigation report (prepared by Kenyon Brabrook / Melvin Kenyon for the Monitoring Officer) documents the complaint, evidence, findings and recommendations. This is an internal governance/standards investigation; the report itself should be read for exact findings and redactions. Torbay Council

2024–2025 — Company resignations

  • 15 Apr 2024 — Resigned as director of SWISCO Ltd (Companies House filing shows resignation date). Companies House
  • 3 Feb 2023 — Termination of some other company directorships recorded (Companies House filings). Companies House

Notable governance/contextual points (explicitly documented)

  • LGA Peer Review (Aug 2020) — Highlights the need for clearer delineation between Torbay Council and the TDA; the review examined governance structures that included senior officers. Anne-Marie Bond is recorded in officer lists given her Interim CEO role at the time. This is a structural/governance finding rather than a personal misconduct ruling. Torbay Council+1
  • Internal investigation (Dec 2024) — The redacted FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT shows formal HR/governance processes were used to resolve a complaint involving Bond and a councillor; the report is the authoritative public source for that matter (read the PDF for findings, redactions and recommendations). Torbay Council