Dave joined Surrey in 2018 after spending eight years transforming children’s services in Essex.
In a statement posted on the Surrey County Council website, chief executive, Joanna Killian, said Dave had been responsible for the “rapid and wholescale improvement” in children’s services there.
“Dave was an amazing colleague and great friend,” she said.
“At the heart of it he was just a great guy whose passion in life was his family – wife Jo, and daughters Laurel and Lydia whom he adored – and doing the very best he could for vulnerable children.
“My heart goes out to his family and to all his colleagues and staff who I know will be as devastated as I am that we have lost this amazing, talented man.
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