James Walton | Shropshire Council

James has been a qualified accountant with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy for over 20 years and has worked within local government since 1989. He has experience of working across a number of organisations in senior positions and has been the Council’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013.

James has extensive experience in many facets of public finance and, as well as Shropshire Council, is also the Section 151 Officer or Treasurer for the following organisations:

The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership
West Mercia Energy
Shropshire County Pension Fund
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority

At Shropshire Council, James sits on the Council’s Senior Management Team and manages around 200 staff. James has had involvement in a number of large scale schemes and projects since 2000, throughout his time at Shropshire Council (and Shropshire County Council before that), and has helped progress the North West Relief Road project over that time.