Position
Chief Executive
Responsibilities
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Chair of the Corporate Performance Management Team and Strategic Group
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Current member of the Clinical Management Board, Finance and Investment Committee, Charitable Funds Committee and Risk Management and Governance Group
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Attendee at the Integrated Audit and Governance Committee and Remuneration Committee, except in respect of discussions regarding own post.
History with the Trust
Joined the Trust in 2007.
Professional background
BA (Hons) Architecture.
MSc Environmental Conservation.
Chartered Surveyor.
Chartered Town Planner.
Early career as a Town Planner for the London Borough of Lewisham. Then Group Planner leading Multidisciplinary group of 12 planners for the London Borough of Newham, architects and surveyors, with personal responsibility for developing the Council’s policy for the regeneration of an area of significant social, economic and environmental deprivation.
Joined Redbridge Health Authority as Director of Planning and Estates in 1986 (a Board level appointment) and held a number of senior management and Board level positions within the Health Authority.
Became Chief Executive of Redbridge Health Care in 1991, achieving NHS Trust status in 1993.
Chief Executive of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) between February 2002 and August 2007 – a large and complex organisation providing a wide variety of expert services, which support healthcare organisations across Scotland.
Acted as Interim Chief Executive of NHS Education for Scotland (NES) between August 2003 and April 2004. NES is a Special NHS Board with responsibility for promoting and commissioning training and education for healthcare professionals throughout Scotland.
Other current activities
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Visiting Professorship, University of Abetay (2004 – Present).
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Director of the Institute of Healthcare Management (2002 – Present).
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President of the Institute of Healthcare Management (2007 – Present).
