About Ed

I am the Norfolk County Councillor for Mundesley Division (Bacton, Paston, Mundesley, Trunch, Knapton, Swafield, Antingham, Gimingham, Trimingham, Northrepps, Overstrand and Sidestrand).

My ‘day job’ is Director of Championing Social Care.

I first moved to Norfolk when I was 18 years old and I have lived in the county for most of my adult life. I have worked as a civil servant and for some of the world’s leading business advisory firms – in the UK and abroad. I’ve also worked as a campaigner and communications professional in the world of politics, policy and the charity sector. I studied at UEA and Birmingham universities and gained a Doctorate from the University of Sussex in 2011.

I have three children – two grown up with families of their own and one at High School in Norfolk.

The two biggest compliments I have ever received are that I am good at ‘surprise management’ and that I am a ‘genuinely funny guy’. I can’t comment on how funny I am but being good in a crisis and having a sense of humour seem to me like important skills for representing people effectively at County Hall.