White has been HR director at Westminster City Council for the past four years.
White has almost 30 years' worth of experience in HR in policing, heavy engineering, manufacturing, hauling, central government and local government.
He joins a string of high-profile HR director departures after Clare Chapman left her role at the NHS, Angela O'Conner departed the NPIA, Martin Tiplady left the Metropolitan Police Service and Stephen Moir said goodbye to Cambridgeshire County Council.
In 2010, White jumped nine places, up to number 14, on HR magazine's most influential ranking of practitioners.
