Bill Taylor has been Chief Executive of West Lancashire Council for 11 years. During this period the Council's performance has improved in step change fashion, winning a string of national awards as well as being rated as 'Excellent' by the Audit Commission.

Born in Scotland, he left school at 15 and worked in an engineering factory and later attained a degree in Politics and Economics, a Masters in Local Government and a Post-Graduate Diploma in HR. Bill has worked for seven Councils both on the front-line and at the corporate centre (Strathclyde Regional Council, Walsall MBC, Edinburgh City Council, Rochdale MBC and Harrogate BC). In 2006, he undertook a secondment at Fylde Borough Council ' as well as holding down the day job at West Lancashire.

Bill also has experience of working in the private sector and was, for a number of years, a non-executive director of a technology company. In 2006-7, he was the first person from local government to be named as Business Leader of the Year in the National Customer Service Awards.

Key business interests include:-

- Customer Service/Technology Interface
- Community Safety
- Leadership Development.

On a personal basis, he is a reformed 'gym junkie' who now pursues his addictive habits on the golf course.