{"id":64645,"date":"2025-05-01T03:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64645\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T03:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:40:15","slug":"salford-councils-new-chief-executive-confirmed-after-turbulent-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64645\/","title":{"rendered":"Salford council&#8217;s new chief executive confirmed after &#8216;turbulent&#8217; period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Young has been appointed to take on the gig.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_JS367441795.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Young's appointment was approved by councillors during a meeting on April 30.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Stephen Young&#8217;s appointment was approved by councillors during a meeting on April 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Councillors in Salford have approved the appointment of a new chief executive, after what city mayor Paul Dennett said had been a \u201cturbulent\u201d period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Stephen Young\u2019s appointment at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/salford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Salford<\/a> council was ratified during a meeting at Salford Civic Centre on Wednesday, April 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He takes over from former chief executive Tom Stannard who moved to Manchester council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Three internal candidates from Salford council were among those who had applied for the role, but Mr Young was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/salford-council-appoints-new-chief-31397219\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed to the position on April 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He is set to take up his new post in autumn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI am delighted to be officially confirmed in this role and can\u2019t wait to get working for this innovative organisation in such an exciting and dynamic city,\u201d Salford council\u2019s new chief executive said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThroughout my interview process, I\u2019ve been impressed by the incredible people I\u2019ve met and exceptional things they are doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I\u2019ve been blown away by the passion and the Spirit of Salford and I\u2019m looking forward to being a part of this great organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_JS367234503-1.jpg\" alt=\"A meeting was held at Salford Civic Centre to confirm the appointment.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>A meeting was held at Salford Civic Centre to confirm the appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The decision also includes confirming Mr Young as the council\u2019s head of paid service, returning officer for all relevant elections in Salford, and as electoral registration officer &#8211; which are all part of the role of chief executive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He will also become the place based lead for health for Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking during the meeting at Salford Civic Centre on April 30, city mayor Paul Dennett said the council\u2019s interim CEO, Melissa Caslake, had \u201cdone a sterling job holding things together in what has been a fairly turbulent time as we\u2019ve transitioned from Tom [Stannard] going to Manchester city council, and us pursing the recruitment of the next chief executive for this city council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He added: \u201cI think the decision we\u2019ve arrived at is probably the right decision, it was not an easy decision, it was really difficult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cBut ultimately, it\u2019s teamwork that gets things done, and I think this city council probably knows that more than anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Mr Young is currently chief executive at Halton Borough Council, a role he has been in since March 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He has previously held a number of senior positions in local government, including at Lancashire council, and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/bolton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bolton<\/a> council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The chief executive position at Salford council comes with an annual salary range between \u00a3185,000 to \u00a3190,000, according to the latest figures on the council\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Young has been appointed to take on the gig.Stephen Young&#8217;s appointment was approved by councillors during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1290,27605,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-64645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-salford","13":"tag-salford-council","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114430504629498821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}