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Joe Montgomery - Director General - Regions and Communities
Joe Montgomery has been a Director General in the department since March 2001, when he joined as Director General, Neighbourhood Renewal. Prior to joining, Joe's previous position was as Executive Director for Regeneration at Lewisham Council in London. He has extensive experience of grant-making and urban renewal from his work as Assistant Secretary to the Cadbury Trust; as Leader of the Government's Inner City Task Force (in Deptford); and as Chief Executive of one of the 'pathfinder' City Challenge urban regeneration companies.Joe spent 7 years as a local government chief officer with responsibility for housing and planning, transport, environment and economic development. He has served on The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's advisory panel on area regeneration and on the boards of Lewisham College, Middlesex University and South London Training and Enterprise Council. He currently serves as a non-executive director for the Department for Transport and as Chairman of INTA, the international urban development association.
