Assistant Chief Officer Peter Jasper

Assistant Chief Officer Peter Jasper has worked in the public sector since 1997, when he joined Suffolk County Council as a Finance Assistant.

Over the next 8 years, Peter worked his way through several Finance roles, and in 2005 became a Finance Business Partner in a Shared Service company CSD Ltd (a joint venture between Suffolk County Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and BT, that provided ICT, Finance, HR and other services back to the councils). This role supported the Environment & Transport department, and helped support the business through the introduction of initiatives such as the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme, the Suffolk Youth Travel Card, and the Green Travel Plan.

Just over a year later, Peter was promoted to lead on transforming a failing Financial Reporting function, and successfully stabilised the service within 6 months.

In 2009, Peter was promoted to be part of the CSD Senior Leadership Team as Financial Controller, providing financial advice to the Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Executive of the company, as well as leading on financial aspects of a major cost reduction programme.

Having worked in Local Government for 15 years, Peter then took the role of Head of Finance for Suffolk and Norfolk Constabularies, and in 2015, working with his Senior Leadership team, delivered a major restructure of the Finance service across both counties. The service restructure delivered significant savings and is still operating successfully to this date.

Peter was promoted to the role of Assistant Chief Officer in February 2019, and working with his counterpart in Suffolk (ACO Kenneth Kilpatrick), has established a new Corporate Shared Services operating model across both forces, and where appropriate with the 7 Force collaboration. Peter is also the statutory Chief Finance Officer (s151 officer) for the Chief Constable.