• Safe & Effective
  • Kind & Caring
  • Exceeding Expectation
Trust Board Members

Trust Board

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

Chief Executive and Chairman
Prof. David Loughton CBE
Trust Board Members: David Loughton

Group Chief Executive


Kevin Stringer
Trust Board Members: Kevin Stringer

Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Deputy Chief Executive

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE
Trust Board Members: Sir David Nicholson

Group Chairman of the Board


John Dunn
Trust Board Members: John Dunn

Deputy Chair and Non-Executive Director

Lord Patrick Carter
Trust Board Members: Lord Carter

Special Advisor to the Board

Executive Directors
Kevin Bostock
Trust Board Members: Kevin Bostock

Group Director of Assurance


Alan Duffell
Trust Board Members: Alan Duffell

Group Chief People Officer


Sally Evans
Trust Board Members: Sally Evans

Group Director of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

Simon Evans
Trust Board Members: Simon Evans

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Debra Hickman
Trust Board Members: Debra Hickman

Chief Nursing Officer

Dr Brian McKaig
Trust Board Members: Brian McKaig

Chief Medical Officer

Gwen Nuttall
Trust Board Members: Gwen Nuttall

Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive

Dr Jonathan Odum
Trust Board Members: Jonathan Odum

Group Chief Medical Officer

Tracy Palmer
Trust Board Members: Tracy Palmer

Director of Midwifery

Non Executive Directors
Lisa Cowley
Trust Board Members: Lisa-Cowley

Non Executive Director

Allison Heseltine
Trust Board Members: Allison Heseltine

Associate Non-Executive Director

Julie Jones
Trust Board Members: Julie Jones

Associate Non-Executive Director

Prof. Martin Levermore
Trust Board Members: Martin Levermore

Associate Non-Executive Director

Dr Gill Pickavance
Trust Board Members: Dr Gill Pickavance

Associate Non-Executive Director

Prof. Louise Toner
Trust Board Members: Professor Louise Toner

Non-Executive Director

Angela Harding
Trust Board Members: Angela Harding

Associate Non-Executive Director

Dr Umar Daraz
Trust Board Members: Umar Daraz

Associate Non-Executive Director

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