Category Archives: Nathan Elvery

Man in the EY: how consultants have teamed up with Elvery

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

Croydon old boy Nathan Elvery, the man who did much to develop the council’s reputation for dodgy procurement processes and arrogant contempt for the public, is back in the news again. Elvery, the former Croydon chief executive, has provided the … Continue reading →

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£300,000 – the price of failure for one former council chief exec

Posted on January 8, 2020 by

Nathan Elvery, the controversial Croydon Council chief executive who decided to pop down to the south coast for an easier life, was handed a juicy £265,000 pay-off by his erstwhile employers, West Sussex County Council, it has been reported this … Continue reading →

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Council’s ex-chief Elvery gets sacked from West Sussex job

Posted on November 28, 2019 by

Nathan Elvery, for eight years one of Croydon’s most senior council officials, has been sacked from his latest job at West Sussex County Council, where he was chief executive. In 2014, Elvery had been promoted to the role of CEO … Continue reading →

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Elvery’s colleagues exit amid council’s bullying scandal

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

The growing scandal surrounding Nathan Elvery, Croydon Council’s former chief exec, and his brief spell in charge at West Sussex County Council was ratcheted up a couple of notches this week, with a damning independent report about that local authority’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Former council chief exec Elvery is placed on ‘gardening leave’

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

You can take the boy out of Croydon, but can you take Croydon out of the boy? Maybe not, in the case of Nathan Elvery, the former chief exec of the council who it was reported yesterday is taking a … Continue reading →

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Council office entrance closed because of ‘extreme’ weather

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

KEN LEE, our newshound on Mint Walk, sniffs out the latest piece of nonsense from the £140m council office building, where the main entrance has been ruled out-of-bounds Further proof, not that any has been needed, that Fisher’s Folly, the … Continue reading →

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Elvery’s devoted staff can’t account for his expenses claim

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

Nathan Elvery, a man who did so much to create the culture and ethos that has been prevalent at Croydon Council during his reign there as chief finance officer, deputy CEO and ultimately as top banana, appears to have taken … Continue reading →

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Ex-CEO Elvery and the mystery of the £47,500 removal perk

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Our media monitor, KEN LEE, discovers a former senior council figure courting controversy, again Croydon Council old boy Nathan Elvery is back where he once had a regular home, in the pages of Private Eye. The David Brent beard is … Continue reading →

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Council in cover-up over departure of £787-a-day consultant

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

STEVEN DOWNES reports on the abrupt exit of the man behind Croydon’s ‘crap app’, following a serious breach of the Town Hall’s code of conduct Harwinder “Harry” Singh, Croydon Council’s £787-a-day “fake-it-till-you-make-it” IT consultant, is no longer working for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Godfather: Croydon official hired friend on £787 per day

Posted on October 24, 2017 by

A two-month investigation into Croydon Council’s IT operation has uncovered major concerns over procurement and payments. STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon Council is undertaking its second internal investigation this year into the conduct of its assistant chief executive. Graham Cadle is … Continue reading →

Posted in Capita, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments