Richard McHugh
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Biography
Richard McHugh became the Chief Executive of BPDTS in January 2021.
Chief Executive Officer
As Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Richard is responsible for the day-to-day management of BPDTS.
This includes:
- supporting the Secretary of State and BPDTS Board as the principal adviser on all matters involving developing and providing our services
- agreeing operational outcomes, priorities, and resource requirements and delivering agreed performance within budget
- creating a customer-focused culture with supporting values and behaviours where employees feel valued, engaged, motivated and enabled to deliver exceptional outcomes
- overseeing the propriety and regularity of our funding, keeping proper records and safeguarding our assets
Richard is also on the BPDTS Ltd Board of Directors.