William McKee (chief Executive)
William McKee, CBE (1952–2018) was a former and founding chief executive of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. In 2007 he led the merger of six Trusts to form the Belfast Trust one of the largest in the UK employing 20,000 people with an annual budget of £1 billion. He was a consultant in health and social care strategy and policy and continues to undertake consultancy assignments in the UK and Ireland. He was born in Belfast, the son of the Margaret and James McKee of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. He received a BSc from Queen's University Belfast and an MBA from the University of Ulster. In 2006, McKee was appointed Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for service to the National Health Service, NHS in Northern Ireland. He was survived by his wife Ursula and two children, Catherine and William. William McKee was previously chief executive of the Royal Hospitals comprising the Royal Victoria, Royal Maternity, and Roya ...
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Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland ...
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