Bury’s new council chief stated a her new role this week by meeting council and NHS staff across the borough. The authority’s new chief executive Lynne Ridsdale said she will use her first 100 days to form priorities by listening to residents, businesses and staff to understand what it is like to receive services from, work for and interact with the council.
To kick off her first day she met council staff and those using council services during visits to the Victoria Family Centre, Killelea Residential Care Home and COSALEA café. Lynne previously served Bury Council as deputy chief executive, having joined Bury in 2018 from Manchester City Council, where she was director of human resources and organisational development.
Before that she held the same role with the National Crime Agency, and previously worked as an assistant director at Bolton Council. She takes over from previous chief executive Geoff Little, who performed the role from 2018, until he retired last week after more than four decades working in the public sector.
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Since 2017, Lynne has also been a peer reviewer with the Local Government Association, supporting other councils on their improvement plans. She has also takes on responsibility as lead for Bury’s health and care, working as part of the Greater Manchester Integrated Commissioning System.
Lynne led the development of Bury’s shared vision for 2030, LET’S Do It! and will continue to work with partners to meet the ambitions set out in it. She said the key to this would be building strong community teams in each area of the borough to ensure all Bury people realise the benefits from the regeneration work going on across the borough’s towns.
Lynne said: “After months of preparation it feels fantastic to finally get started and be able to begin building on the great work happening here in Bury. “Having worked as deputy chief executive I know how much we have improved, and now as chief executive I am positive that we will continue to strengthen our approach even further and build on the great strengths Bury has to offer.
“I look forward to working with all our council and NHS staff to achieve our LET’S Do It! strategy and I am very grateful to have this opportunity to enrich life in Bury.” Coun Eamonn O’Brien, leader of Bury Council, said: “I am delighted that Lynne is now in post as our chief executive.
“Her work as deputy chief executive has shown she has the drive, talent and experience to lead improvements in council and NHS services, and ensure our borough is in the best place to flourish. “And now she’s the first substantive female chief executive for Bury.
“I look forward to working with her to deliver the council’s priorities and fulfil our ambitions for Bury in the years ahead from regenerating our town centres, growing our economy, tackling deprivation and health inequalities and improving people’s skills.”
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