Gill is the Chief Executive at Hartlepool Borough Council and is the lead Chief Executive for the Tees Valley Combined Authority on Culture and Tourism. Following an early career in Higher Education and Further Education, Gill worked in the national and international voluntary sector for 10 years working in Scotland and the West Midlands on local economic development programmes.  Over the last 20 years Gill has been a senior leader in local government in the North East, having served as a Director of Education, Director of Children’s Services and as a Director of Child and Adult Services.