Third sector care provider MHA has appointed Sam Monaghan as chief executive.

Monaghan joins MHA from Barnado’s where he was corporate director – children’s services.

Commenting on his new role, Monaghan said: “What attracted me to the charity was its values-based approach to everything that it does and the quality of the services it provides. It puts its residents and members at the heart of its services, helping older people to feel supported in all they do and in their relationships with family, friends, our staff and volunteers.”

He added that he wants MHA “to build on the relationships we have with the local communities around our homes and schemes” as well as with health and social care partners and the supporters “who are key to enabling us to provide services such as music therapy, chaplaincy and our ‘Live at Home’ schemes”.