Irene Lewis

Irene is a retired Hospitality Operations Manager.

Irene worked for Barchester Healthcare for 24 years from 1998 – 2022. She started off as a kitchen assistant, then gained the necessary qualifications and work experience in various 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 retired, Irene has have kept up her interest in how Barchester continues to grow and in the Foundation charity events. Irene enjoyed supporting these events during her employment, especially the Executives Curry Cook-off event which she organised to support the Foundation.

Irene looks forward to working and learning from the other, more experienced, trustees to help make Barchester’s Charitable Foundation go from strength to strength and to engage with local communities to enrich the life of others.