Former BAE Systems boss to chair board at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Steve Fogg will join the board of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals in February after current chairman Pearse Butler announced he would move on after more than two years in post.

Steve, a former managing director with BAe Systems, is well known on the Fylde Coast for his work with the Pride of Place Board for Blackpool, chairman of the Fylde Coast Responsible Business Network and has recently joined the Board at Blackpool and Fylde College.He

said: “I am passionate about the region and already work with people in the area, focused generally on making improvements for local communities. To be successful I believe we need to be collaborative and inclusive – encouraging people to work together to achieve key outcomes.”

He said one of his aims was to support positive mental health, something he had been interested in previous roles.

He said: “This is something I will be very keen to support at the Trust, particularly as staff have been responding to the pandemic for a very long time now and really need our support.”

Steve began at BAE Systems as an apprentice moving into engineering roles, then through operations and programme management to become managing director of corporate shared services within the organsiation.

Chief Executive Kevin McGee thanked Pearse Butler for his work and welcomed Mr Fogg.

He said: “I am looking forward to working with Steve but I would like to put on record our thanks to Pearse as the outgoing Chair of the Trust Board. He has been a huge support to myself and colleagues across the organisation and his contribution on a personal and professional level will be remembered for quite some time to come.

“Steve was appointed following a rigorous process involving colleagues, the regional NHS team and local stakeholders. We all felt he would bring a great deal of experience and enthusiasm as well as a passion for the local area and staff well being in particular."

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