Solihull boss Rogers gets Birmingham City Council chief executive job

MARK Rogers, the chief executive of Solihull Borough Council is to move across to neighbouring Birmingham City Council to take on the same role.

Rogers is set to take over as chief executive of Europe’s largest local authority next year on a salary of £180,000.

He will also head up the new economy directorate with a focus on generating jobs and economic growth in the city.

Rogers has been chief executive of Solihull Borough Council since 2007. Before that he was Solihull’s director of children’s services.

Birmingham City Council’s current chief executive Stephen Hughes will step down in February after turning 60.