South London council's new top boss set to get £230k - £40k more than drink-driving predecessor
Lambeth Council's new top boss is set to be paid £230,000 per year — over £40,000 more than his drink-driving predecessor. Ian Davis's six-digit salary is expected to be rubberstamped by councillors at a meeting next Wednesday (January 22). Mr Davis was announced as the Labour -run council's new Chief Executive in December, replacing Bayo Dosunmu who resigned after getting caught drink-driving by police in June 2024. Dosunmu was paid just under £190,000 per year before his resignation from the council in July 2024. Mr Davis was on just over £220,000 in his previous job as Chief Executive of Enfield Council in North London, to which he was appointed in 2017. Former Lambeth Council Chief Executive Bayo Dosunmu resigned in July 2024 after getting caught drink-driving by police (Image: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon) Lambeth received 14 applications for the Chief Executive position following a recruitment campaign it launched in September 2024. Eight can...