John Beard

John Beard has been a Chief Fire Officer at Cumbria County Council since September 2018. Prior to that, they were an Assistant Chief Fire Officer at Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service from October 2014 to September 2018.

John Beard graduated from the University of Bath with a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Their manager is John Metcalfe, CEO. They are on a team with Angela Jones - Director, Economy & Infrastructure, Dawn Roberts - Director, Corporate, Customer & Community Services, and John Readman - Deputy CEO & Director, People.