Tom Whiting

Chief Executive and Registrar

Tom joined the GDC in June 2024, from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) where he was Acting Director General for 17 months, having been Deputy Director General since 2019.  

Prior to the IOPC, Tom spent fourteen years in local government at Harrow Council, most recently as their Interim Chief Executive, where he was responsible for public health, public protection services safeguarding children and adults and a range of regulatory services including environmental health, trading standards, planning and building control. For many years he was responsible for finance, people and legal and governance services and, before that, Tom spent 9 years in the energy and utilities practice at Accenture.