Stuart St V Fitzgerald has over 35 years’ experience leading teams and organisations across multiple sectors.
He is deeply passionate about the Liverpool City Region (LRC) and championing its local businesses, SMEs, micro-businesses and the entrepreneurs who own them.
Stuart authored and launched the Social Value Charter for Liverpool in 2014, incorporating the 10% More for Liverpool initiative, which encouraged public and private sector organisations to keep the Liverpool Pound local, by prioritising the commissioning of local businesses.
This ground-breaking approach was formalised into statute by central Government in September 2020, and has been has been adapted and adopted in various forms around the world.
Stuart has helped to drive the foundation and management of local charities as both a Board Trustee and CEO, including Veterans HQ, the Michael Causer Foundation, the City of Liverpool Football Club, One Knowsley, Merseyside Domestic Violence Service and The John Haynes Foundation.
He also Chairs the Speke Training & Education Centre and MANWELL CIO, a charity that promotes men’s physical and mental wellbeing.
Stuart has served on the main board of a multi academy trust in Wirral, and as Governor of three secondary schools, alongside being an ever-present member of the LCR Combined Authority’s Fairness & Social Justice Advisory Board for the full 5 years of its life.
He now manages a portfolio career with Non-Executive Chair and Director positions in four LCR businesses, across a range of sectors, including strategic marketing; cybersecurity; eco renewables and facilities management.
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