News / Greenhill remains a consultant
SHETLAND Islands Council’s former executive director for infrastructure Gordon Greenhill is still being employed by the local authority as an advisor, it emerged this week.
Mr Greenhill officially left the council on 30 November taking voluntary redundancy after failing to win back his old job during last year’s restructure of senior management.
The former Edinburgh City Council manager who joined the SIC in 2008 was replaced by Phil Crossland, from the Midlands.
In a council statement at the time chief executive Alistair Buchan thanked Mr Greenhill for his contribution and “enthusiastic input”.
This week Mr Buchan confirmed that Mr Greenhill continued to work for the council on a consultancy basis.
He said: “As part of Mr Greenhill’s voluntary severance it was agreed that he would continue to assist the council until the end of March with some of the work he was involved in as executive director.
“This is a much better and more cost effective way of getting this work done than bringing in outside assistance which we would have had to do if Gordon had not been prepared to assist, and we are grateful for his help.”
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