Christie and Couldrick said they had decided to move on from their current positions after reaching an “important milestone” of securing a new 10-year contract to continue running children’s services in the city as well as improved ratings from Ofsted.
The community interest company, which is wholly owned by Birmingham City Council, took over children’s services five years ago following a decade of inadequate ratings from inspectors.
Its ratings have since been uplifted to "requires improvement to be good" in December 2018 and then again to "good" in April this year.
"I have greatly enjoyed my time as chair of the trust board,” said Christie.
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