BHTA appoints new president to help members align with new market rules and regulations
The British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA) has appointed Andrew Stevenson as its president after carrying out his position as chairman for over three years.
Andrew is an experienced director with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry within the UK and international markets. He also consults across both the public sector and private or self-pay channels, with a healthcare consultancy company.
Andrew has held a number of other non-executive Board positions. Committing to working with the BHTA for more than four years, he served as Interim General Director at the BHTA for over a year before his position as chairman at the BHTA.
David Stockdale, Chief Executive Officer at the BHTA, said: “Working with Andrew as Chair has been an honour. He has served the BHTA in an incredible challenging time and I will always be personally thankful for the significant help and support he gave me, coming in as CEO. I am sure he will go on to give the same insightful input and dedication to the BHTA during his time as President.”
Andrew, commenting on his appointment, said: “I am delighted to have been asked by the board of the BHTA to take up the role of president of the association.
“The future for our industry is an exciting and challenging one, we have new market rules and regulations to align with, changes in our public sector stakeholder expectations that will need innovative and strong business plans, and a population demographic that has strong views on the quality and level of product and care services it will demand.
“I look forward to working with the secretariat, board and sections to ensure that the BHTA remains at the forefront of the industry in supporting members to achieve their goals and expectations and strength outcomes for all our customers in this amazing and vital sector.”
The previous president, Alastair Maxwell, Managing Director at Crest Medical, completed his three year term at the BHTA. David comments on Alastair’s departure: “Alastair again has helped the BHTA through significant challenge and it has been an honour to get to know him towards the end of his Presidency.
“He has always had members’ needs at the heart of what he does and his contributions in the boardroom will be sorely missed.”
