Stephen Young is the Chief Executive of Salford City Council following 30 years’ experience in local government across the UK including in Lancashire, the Liverpool City Region, Cheshire and Greater Manchester. Most recently Stephen spent almost four years as the Chief Executive of Halton Borough Council during which time Stephen delivered on a range of large-scale programmes focusing on organisational transformation and change as well as regeneration and economic growth across the Liverpool City Region.     

Prior to joining Halton Stephen worked as the Executive Director of Growth, Environment, Transport and Community Services at Lancashire County Council developing a multi-billion-pound economic development pipeline for the county including innovative projects such as: 

• The new national Cyber Centre 

• The Advance Manufacturing Research Centre 

• Eden of the North and  

• A new second home for Lancashire County Cricket Club. 

Stephen is the Place Lead for Salford and Chief Executive lead for Greater Manchester for Digital, AI & Information and Data Governance, and also sits on various outside boards and committees covering a range of different topics ranging from business growth to the education sector.  

Stephen is a regular speaker and contributor to the trade press on a range of local government issues both in the UK and abroad and is married with a young family and in his spare time he enjoys running and watching his beloved Burnley FC.