Cast your mind back to September last year. Eurovision was but a pipe dream and Liverpool, not for the first time, was in a state of tumult.
Two months previously, Tony Reeves, the then chief executive of the city council, had handed in his resignation ahead of what would prove to be a less than favourable assessment by government-appointed commissioners in August. To see Liverpool through the choppy waters ahead, stepped in Theresa Grant, a veteran of local government having served as the top boss in both Northamptonshire and Trafford.
Now, eight months on, the Irishwoman is ending her term as interim chief executive as Andrew Lewis prepares to leave Cheshire West and Chester Council to run Liverpool. Reflecting on her time in the city, which she admits she regrets not coming to earlier, Ms Grant said steering Liverpool back on track had been tougher than expected, but she felt it had had the perfect opportunity to be the most thriving city in the world.
