Board members and Exec team

The Trust Board comprises Non-Executive Directors and Executive Directors, including the Chief Executive Officer.

The members of the Board share a corporate responsibility for all its decisions.

The role of the Board is to set the strategic direction of the Trust, to agree annual objectives and to ensure that these are achieved. It also involves ensuring effective financial control and that high standards of corporate governance are met.

Meetings take place every other month and are either held in person or via Microsoft Teams.

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE

Chairman (Voting member)

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Diane Wake

Group Chief Executive (Voting member)

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Dr Mark Anderson

Chief Medical Officer (Voting member)

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Andrew Argyle

Non-Executive Director (voting member)

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Laura Broster

Group Director of Communications (non-voting member)

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Lesley Writtle

Deputy Chair/Non-Executive Director (voting member)

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Val Taylor

Non-Executive Director (voting member)

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Lorraine Harper

Non-Executive Director (voting member)

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Rachel Hardy

Non-Executive Director

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Jatinder Sharma

Non-Executive Director (non-voting member)

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Mick Laverty

Non-Executive Director (voting member)

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Mike Hallissey

Associate Non-Executive Director (non-voting member)

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Amrick Singh Ubhi

Associate Non-Executive Director (non-voting)

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Atif Ali BEM

Associate Non-Executive Director (non-voting)

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Johanne Newens

Chief Operating Officer (Voting Board member)

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Mel Roberts

Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Voting Board member)

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Rachel Barlow

Group Chief Development Officer (Non-voting member)

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Adam Thomas

Group Chief Strategy and Digital Officer (non-voting member)

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Kam Dhami

Chief Governance Officer (Non-voting member)

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Dr James Fleet

Group Chief People Officer (Non-voting member)

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Simon Sheppard

Acting Chief Finance Officer (Voting Board member)

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Kat Rose

Interim Group Chief Integration Officer

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Lowell Williams

Associate Non-Executive Director (non-voting member)

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