JIM Savege, Cumbria County Council's Corporate Director for Environment and Community Services, has been promoted to be the new Chief Executive of Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland.

During his seven years at the authority he has headed up the ongoing Connecting Cumbria project, delivering superfast broadband to rural areas, and been responsible for the transition of the highways service from an outsourced one delivered by a contractor to an in-house one delivered directly by the council. He is expected to take up his new role in February 2015.