The role of the Trust board is mostly supervisory and strategic, ensuring that the Trust has high standards in clinical care, financial stewardship as well as responding to the health needs of the population it serves.

Our Trust Board has a Chairman and a combination of Non-Executive and Executive Directors. The Non-Executive Directors give an independent voice to the Board and provide a high level of scrutiny to all aspects of the Trust. They bring to the Board a wide range of professional and business experience

Declarations of interest

Register of Directors’ Interests (PDF, 100Kb)

Board members

Chair and Chief Executive

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE

Group Chair of the Board

Joe Chadwick-Bell

Group Chief Executive

Executive Directors

Stephanie Cartwright

Group Chief Community and Partnerships Officer

Alan Duffell

Group Chief People Officer

Simon Evans

Group Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Strategy Officer

Debra Hickman

Chief Nursing Officer

Dr Brian McKaig

Chief Medical Officer

Gwen Nuttall

Managing Director

Kevin Stringer

Group Chief Financial Officer

Non-Executive and Associate Non-Executive Directors

Rachel Barber

Associate Non-Executive-Director

Dawn Braithwaite

Non-Executive-Director

Lord Patrick Carter

Special Advisor to the Board

Lisa Cowley

Non-Executive-Director

Dr Umar Daraz

Associate Non-Executive-Director

John Dunn

Deputy Chair and Non-Executive Director

Allison Heseltine

Non-Executive-Director

Julie Jones

Non-Executive-Director

Professor Martin Levermore

Non-Executive-Director

Professor Louise Toner

Non-Executive-Director

Download a PDF of the Board of Directors (PDF, 6Mb)