Welcome to Westbury Town Council
Press Release
New Town Clerk
09/02/2010
Westbury Town Council is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Town Clerk, Keith Harvey,
who will take up his duties from February 15th.
Keith will take over the role from Westbury’s long serving Town Clerk, Les Fry, who has been in post for over
12 years and has now retired.
Keith is very much a local Westbury person, having been born in the town and educated in the town. He has remained a resident all of his life and has also been based in the town for much of his professional career. Keith is married with two children and two grandchildren. He has been very involved in the local community over the years, being an active sportsman, member of many local organisations and a retained fireman for thirty two years - eight of those as Station Commander.
“We are delighted to have appointed Keith”, comments Westbury’s Mayor Sue Ezra, “he brings to this important role a great deal of professional expertise and commitment plus the benefits of knowing the town and serving our community so well”.
Keith Harvey states, “Having already served our local community in many ways, I am now looking forward to this very challenging role that will bring together all the experience I have gained throughout my career with an aim to provide a good service to the people of Westbury.”
Keith Harvey's Profile
Education:
Attended local schools - three Infant schools, then Westbury C. of E. Junior School and finally Westbury Secondary Modern School, (Matravers)
Career:
On leaving school - worked for A E Farr Limited, Bridge House, Station Road, Westbury in the Finance Department for over 23 years until 1990.
In 1990 joined Hochtief (UK) Construction Limited. (Hochtief took over the Civil Engineering ‘arm’ of Rush and Tompkins, another Westbury firm).Keith worked with Hochtief for 19 years, at Westbury, Melksham and Swindon, in both Finance & HR - appointed Human Resources Manager for the UK branch.
Community involvement:
Former member of the Red Cross, St John’s Ambulance and Westbury Youth Club.
Active sportsman - played football for Westbury Youth and Westbury United for twenty years.
Served as a Retained Fire-fighter at Westbury Fire Station for 32 years, Leading Fire fighter for 10 years and Station Commander (Officer in Charge) for 8 years.