Chairman of ALARM                  

Richard became Chair of ALARM in July 2008, and his tenure continues until June 2009.   

RICHARD FELTHAM

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RISK MANAGER

KENTAND MEDWAY FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY

Career Profile

Richard has worked in local government for 28 years, joining Kent County Council in 1979 after a brief career in hotel management.  He spent much of his earlier career in the Finance function working with education, highways and social services departments as well as in a variety of central finance roles.  He joined the Kent Fire & Rescue Service in 1988 as Finance Manager and was subsequently appointed to the post of Head of Financial Services, introducing devolved financial management processes and overseeing the transition of the finance function to the new Fire Authority when it became a combined fire authority in 1998. 

In November 2001 the took up the newly created post of Corporate Governance and Risk Manager in recognition of the Fire Authority’s commitment in this  area.  He has been responsible for insurance, risk management, corporate governance and internal audit since the inception of the Fire Authority as a separate body in April 1998 and a member of ALARM for eight years. 

He is currently the Fire Service representative on the IPF Better Governance Forum Advisory Panel and chaired ALARM’s Fire Services Sector Group since its inception in March 2003 until March 2008.  He was elected to the Board of Directors in 2005.

Richard and his partner Sue have three children and in his spare time he remains an enthusiastic if now somewhat aging cricketer, and is a keen amateur cook.

Contact details:  E-mail: Richard.feltham@alarm-uk.org