Appointed to the position at Radcliffe-on-Trent in January 2005.

Is also clerk to a number of other parish councils including neighbouring Shelford and Newton, where he has held the post for 21 years.

Is holder of the AQA Certificate in Local Council Administration which enabled the council to apply for Quality Status and which was granted in first in October 2005 and re-granted for a further four years in 2010.