Doug Patterson has been Chief Executive at the London Borough of Bromley since June 2007. He was previously at Wokingham, a unitary authority in Berkshire, since 2003 and before that at Harlow in Essex for three years as Chief Executive.

As Chief Executive, Doug brings his ten years experience and his enthusiasm in delivering efficient, economic, effective and equitable public services to Bromley. He aspires to leading high performing, value for money and customer focused organisations.

Doug originally trained as a PE teacher and taught for two years in Glasgow. He completed his DMS in 1982 and his Open University M.B.A. in 1994. Doug is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and of SOLACE.