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Chief executive appointed to Communties Scotland
23/01/2004
Angiolina Foster has been appointed to the post of Chief
Executive of Communities Scotland, the Scottish Executive's
housing and regeneration agency.
Her appointment - which takes effect today - follows an
advertised open competition. The selection process was led
by an independent Civil Service Commissioner.
Welcoming the appointment, Communities Minister Margaret
Curran said:
"Communities Scotland is central to the delivery of our
ambitious housing and regeneration plans. I am pleased that
the agency has a Chief Executive with Angiolina Foster's
wide experience. I know that she has a strong mission to
make sure that the agency is successful at national and
local level, working effectively with its many
partners."
Mrs Foster's career began in local government, in
Glasgow then in Edinburgh where she was Senior Deputy
Director and then Head of Performance Services in the
city's housing department. She joined Communities Scotland
as a member of the senior civil service in November 2001.
After secondment to the Glasgow Housing Association in
2002-3 she returned to the agency, and has been its acting
chief executive since 15 September 2003. She is 47 and is
the first woman to head a Scottish Executive Agency.
Communities Scotland is an executive agency of the
Scottish Executive. Its 500 staff are civil servants, and
work in eight locations around Scotland.
Its 2003-4 budget is £485 million.