New trustee Irene Lewis

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new trustee to our  board; Irene Lewis, a retired Hospitality Operations Manager from Irvine in Scotland, who brings a wealth of experience from her extensive work in the care sector.

Irene worked for Barchester Healthcare for 24 years from 1998 – 2022. She started off as a kitchen assistant and worked her way up through the ranks in various different hospitality job roles to become Hospitality Operations Manager in 2015.

Irene particularly liked her team leadership roles, the commissioning of new care homes, plus getting to know and building good relationships with so many of the Barchester employees all over the country. She also loved to take time to talk and have some laughs with the residents whenever possible. This helped her to find out if they were happy with hospitality standards and food quality, and also gave her a great insight into how they were affected by dementia and disabilities.

Although now retired, Irene has kept up her keen interest in how Barchester continues to grow and in the Foundation’s charity events.  By becoming a Barchester Charitable Foundation Trustee, Irene is looking forward to working with and learning from the other trustees to help the Foundation go from strength to strength and to continue to enrich the life of others. Through her role as a Trustee, Irene wants to offer her expertise to enable more people to engage with their local communities in activities of their choice. 

Simon McCall, Chairperson of Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Barchester’s Commercial Director comments: “We are delighted to welcome Irene onto the Barchester Foundation board.  We are excited to have her join us and we are certain that her experience and expertise working in the care sector will be hugely beneficial in helping us shape the Foundation’s future.”