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, 279Kb)

Board members

Chief Executive and Chairman

Caroline Walker

Interim Group Chief Executive

Kevin Stringer

Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Deputy Chief Executive

Gwen Nuttall

Chief Operating Office and Deputy Chief Executive

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE

Group Chairman of the Board

John Dunn

Deputy Chair and Non-Executive Director

Lord Patrick Carter

Special Advisor to the Board

Executive Directors

Kevin Bostock

Group Director of Assurance

Stephanie Cartwright

Group Director of Place

Alan Duffell

Group Chief People Officer

Sally Evans

Group Director of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

Simon Evans

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Debra Hickman

Chief Nursing Officer

Dr Brian McKaig

Chief Medical Officer

Dr Jonathan Odum

Group Chief Medical Officer

Tracy Palmer

Director of Midwifery

Non Executive Directors

Lisa Cowley

Non-Executive-Director

Dr Umar Daraz

Associate Non-Executive-Director

Angela Harding

Associate Non-Executive-Director

Allison Heseltine

Non-Executive-Director

Julie Jones

Non-Executive-Director

Professor Martin Levermore

Non-Executive-Director

Dr Gill Pickavance

Associate Non-Executive-Director

Professor Louise Toner

Non-Executive-Director

Download a PDF of the Board of Directors (PDF, 5Mb)