Chief Executive

Derrick Anderson, CBE, is the Chief Executive of Lambeth Council and started in post on 1 March 2006.

Derrick, who was born in London, has twenty-five years' management experience in local government and more than 30 years in the public sector.

Derrick is a Committee Member of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) UK Committee and Vice President of UK Youth.

Derrick's past engagements include:
Non-executive director on the Home Office Board; Board Member of Sport England – London; Member of Arts Council England; Secretary Black Country Local Authority Consortium 2000-04; Non Executive Director West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive; Non-Executive Director of the 2012 Olympic Bid Company and Chair of Sports England West Midlands 2004-06.

He was selected as a Local Government Network UK representative for South Africa/UK Shoulder to Shoulder Initiative. He was awarded a CBE for services to local government in January 2003 and holds honorary doctorates from Staffordshire University for work on social inclusion and cultural policy and from Birmingham University.

With a keen interest in sports and the arts, Derrick's outside interests include working with aid and development agencies in Southern Africa and the Caribbean. With many years of public service Derrick has spoken both nationally and internationally at conferences and events on local government and community issues.