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The new Chief Executive of the Isle of Wight council will be on a salary of £138,038 a year — a pay rise of more than £2,000 compared to the previous CEO who resigned earlier this year to take on a role in Cumbria
John Metcalfe has been at the Isle of Wight council since 1997. He held the position of Deputy Managing Director prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer to the Isle of Wight council on 2nd December 2015.
His LinkedIn profile states that he was ‘Head of Leisure Services’ at Chester-le-Street District Council prior to that, spending eleven years there.