NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Professor Nigel Ratcliffe, Chairman B.Pharm, Ph.D, (Lond) Diploma Management studies (CNAA). MBS, C.Biol. MCinst Mgmt, FBIRA. M.Pharm.S, Registered Practicing Pharmacist. Member of the European Board of the Drug Information Association, Basel. Vice President Strategic Planning and Business Development Astra Zeneca PLC. Previous 4 Global Vice President positions within AstraZeneca prior to retirement April 2011. Appointed in September 2011 as Visiting Professor at The School of Pharmacy, University of London. Appointed in July 2012 as Head of School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Health at the University of Keele. Five Global Vice President positions with AstraZeneca, Global Head of 3 Functions, Budget responsibility for 1.86bn of project funding. International project contract negotiation and delivery. Senior level governmental negotiations and interactions globally. Global project risk management leadership, Global adverse project event monitoring and report submission. Project and departmental audit. Member of University academic faculties. Media and Investor relation trained and experienced. Jenny Ledgar, Vice Chair & Non-Executive Director Institute of Direct Marketing Diploma, Qualified High Performance Coach, Member of the Marketing Society and Royal Mail Group Talent Pool. Commercial Director at Royal Mail Wholesale responsible for new service development, sales and business development teams and contractual arrangements with all customers. Previously Head of Media Products and Commercial Policy in Royal Mail Retail - responsible for the revenue growth, profitability and customer experience for a 1bn portfolio. Various roles held previously in Sales, Marketing and Customer Services during 30 years with Royal Mail. A qualified high performance coach achieved through the Lane 4 accredited Performance Coaching programme
Jeni Jobson BSc.(Hons) Leeds in Applied Agriculture, F.C.C.A Jeni has worked several years as a Non Executive Director for the NHS firstly at East Staffs then at South Staffordshire PCT. Her experience includes Chair of the Audit and Financial and Performance Committees, as well as an active member of Provider Services boards and Quality and Safety committees. She was also the Non- Executive lead for funding for exceptional treatments and as a NED has been involved in a number of previous Staffordshire healthcare re-organisations. Jeni is a qualified chartered accountant and has worked for several blue chip companies including Bass, Marston's and Next in a number of financial and commercial positions, her most recent role being that of Finance Director on the board of a large distribution company. As well as extensive financial and management experience involving acquisitions and company restructuring. Jeni's career has also included positions in marketing, operations and international finance in Prague and China. Professor Roger Evans BSc Sociology and Statistics; PhD on The Policy and Practice of Diversion from Court, MA in Applied Social Studies; Certificate of Qualification in Social Work. Roger was appointed Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the School of Law and Applied Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University and subsequently as Director of the School of Law, where he taught the DipSW professional social work programme, applied social studies, criminal justice and criminology. He retired in December 2010. Joined Tube Investments Ltd as a Management Consultant industrial sociologist - after reading for a degree in Sociology and Statistics at Swansea University. Appointed to a lectureship in sociology at Manchester Polytechnic followed by a lectureship in sociology-social work the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at Birmingham University. Ran the MSc in Socio-Legal Studies programme jointly with the Faculty of Law. Concurrently, with teaching postgraduate social work at Birmingham University, worked as a social worker including with the National Association of Young People in Care, the West Midlands Probation Service and the South Birmingham Family Service Unit. Collaborated with TNS-BMRB Social Research since 2011 and worked in and with the NHS since 2002.
Dr John Scarpello MB,BCh,MD,FRCP Graduated from the University of Wales and undertook postgraduate training in Nottingham and Sheffield. He gained a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan and in 1981 was appointed Consultant Physician at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire specialising in diabetes, retiring in 2008. He established joint research studies with the University of Keele and was a Principle Investigator in the UK Prospective Diabetes Study. Elected to many national and international scientific associations, including Council of the European Diabetes Association and Diabetes UK. Served on various Department of Health committees and chaired the National Eye Screening Training Committee. He was a member of the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health and the DH Expert Group on prevention of Thrombo-embolism in Hospitalised Patients. Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, 1994-2010. Seconded to the National Patient Safety Agency in 2003 and appointed Deputy Medical Director from 2005-2010. From 2005 2009 was Medical Director of the Royal College of Physicians responsible for Service Reviews for NHS trusts. He is currently a member of the Clinical Reference Group of Monitor. After retirement from the NHS he joined the Citizens Advice Bureau as a volunteer and chairs the Board of Trustees for Newcastle and Kidsgrove. Andrew Talbot ISEB/BCS Certificate in Project Management for Information Systems, Parity Training; PRINCE 2 Practitioner, Parity Training, Association of Project Managers; Chartered Engineer, full member of Institute of Engineering and Technology; Diploma in Management, full member of Institute of Management; BSc 2:1 (Hons) degree in Applied Science, Cranfield University; Young Officer Training RMA Sandhurst and Blandford, Joined BT in 2001 following 15 year career in the British Army. After Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals and retired in 2002 as a Major. During his time in the Corps Andy completed an in service degree at Cranfield University, gaining a degree in Applied Science. Andy is a full member of the Institute of Management and the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer. Prior to joining BT Andy s final role was with the Defence Research and Evaluation Agency where he was the Principal Military
Advisor to the Radio Technologies Business Group. Over the last 10 years within BT Andy has carried out a wide variety of roles including Strategic Partnerships Director for BT Group Strategy and General Manager ICT Product Portfolio for BT Retail Strategy -. Joined BT Security as its Transformation Director in Dec 2008 responsible for its creation and build, then its strategy, business plan and change programmes. Dec 2010 present Director Global Security Operations responsible for all Employee; VIP; Physical and Logical Security Operations for BT and approximately 750 of its largest MNC customers. This team has also just successfully delivered the IT, Network and logical security for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic games. Outside of BT and during the winter Andy is a passionate skier and mountaineer, and in the summer a keen cricketer David Pearson MBE Recently retired as Director of Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professionals at Combined Mental Healthcare NHS Trust following 39 years service in the NHS. David held the role of Director of Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professionals from October 2001 until retirement and was responsible for professional issues affecting nursing including the advancement of nursing practice and the training and development of nurses. 1997 2000 played a major role in managing the closing of St Edward s Hospital, Cheddleton and re-engineering local mental health services in line with National Service Framework standards. 1997 David was appointed Clinical lecturer to Keele University s department of post graduate psychiatry and in 2005 made a visiting fellow in mental health nursing at Staffordshire University.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Stuart Poynor, Chief Executive Officer A member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Qualified Accountant for over ten years. Thirty years experience working in the NHS - ten years board level experience, initially as a qualified accountant in a Finance Director role and six years at Chief Executive Officer level. Led a number of contract/service level negotiations on a regular basis with both NHS and private sector, a drive for clinical engagement and delivery of clinically driven service change. Previous roles include CEO of South Staffordshire PCT with a turnover of 900m and CEO of East Staffordshire PCT with a turnover of 300m. Successfully managed major organisational and cultural change merging four PCTs into an effective commissioning and provider organisation. Appointed to the Staffordshire Cluster Leadership role, prior to CEO for the Transforming Community Services programme in 2010 and currently CEO of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust. Geraint Griffiths, Deputy Chief Executive BA (Hons), CIPFA, MBA, PG Cert Commissioning, ongoing CIPFA CPD, Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Funding and Accountancy Twenty years experience working for the NHS, with fourteen years board level experience in a variety of primary care/health authority organisations. Several years spent in organisations committed to health and social care integration, including a joint transformation project in Sandwell and Heart and Birmingham. During the last five years this experience has been used as a leader of GP commissioning, MD of Provider Services in South Staffordshire to create a Provider vision for a fully integrated service. This has involved significant leadership both within the PCT, leading the vision and consulting with staff and unions and with the local authority with a strong focus on patient, staff and clinical engagement. Dr Doug Wulff, Medical Director MB BCh; Diploma Medical Administration; MBA; MRCGP; FRCGP; Cert in Medical Education
Medical graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, holds a post-graduate Diploma in Medical Administration and a Masters in Business Administration both from the University of Pretoria. Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and in 2006 awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners work in education and holds the Certificate in Medical Education from Staffordshire University. Worked in general practice and health management in South Africa until immigrating to the UK. Worked as General Practitioner partner in Birmingham then Medical Director in Primary Care and Senior Clinical Tutor Primary Care Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham until taking up post as Medical Director in Partnership Trust. Chair and member of a number of regional and national NHS committees and boards. Previously a Director of Castle Vale Community Regeneration Services, a third sector organisation. Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and in 2006 awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners work in education and holds the Certificate in Medical Education from Staffordshire University. Jonathan Tringham, Director of Finance & Resources BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Accountancy, MSc Computer Science, Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. CIMA Qualified Director with seven years experience at board level. A sound background in Financial and Management Accounting in a wide variety of organisations with significant involvement in organisational mergers at both an operational and strategic level, and significant experience of managing large contracts both from a technical contract management perspective and through the development of relationships at a strategic level. Breadth of experience including Finance and Contracting, Estates Management and Development, I.T., Information Management and Performance across both Provider and Commissioning.
Julie Tanner, Director of Workforce & Development Executive Diploma for Senior Managers and Directors Level 5 (Inst of Leadership & Management), W Midlands HR Directors OD Programme, National Examining Board of Occupational Health & Safety Cert,, Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Experience of working in both private and public sector organisations within the HR/Training field. Has worked in the Staffordshire health economy for almost twenty years with ten years experience working at senior level across Health Authority, Mental Health, PCT and Community services. Significant experience of managing and delivering major organisational change and providing HR and development strategic leadership across workforce issues, strategic business planning; change management; employment relations/law; workforce development; and transformation. Additional voluntary work undertaken with the children s voluntary sector. Siobhan Heafield, Director of Nursing & Quality State Registered Nurse, Adult Intensive Care Course (ENB), F.E. Teaching Cert (City & Guilds), Introduction Understanding/Application of Research (ENB), Master of Health Sciences, Diploma in Risk Management. An experienced Registered Nurse with both a clinical and managerial background and work at East Midlands SHA that included board to board challenge meetings of constituent organisations strategic operational plans and the opportunity to influence strategic planning both regionally and nationally. Significant experience working at a director level responsible for patient care, governance and nursing and lead for the strategic approach to nursing, clinical governance and patient safety across NHS East Midlands. Member of a national steering group that provides advice to the DH regarding the implementation of safety and clinical governance initiatives. Experienced in performance management, quality and innovation agendas and transitional projects.
Tina Cookson, Director of Operations Tina has more than thirty years experience within the NHS having worked in both nursing and executive management roles. She is a well-known figure within the Staffordshire health economy following eight years in executive management roles in the NHS in Stoke-on-Trent, including a role as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. During her time within the NHS Tina has successfully established a positive reputation for her inclusive leadership style and for working closely with frontline staff. Before moving back to Staffordshire as Director of Operations at the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership Trust, Tina was Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience in a successful acute Foundation Trust in East of England. Tina is looking forward to driving forward the Partnership Trust s integration of health and social care services as the Trust s 32 new nursing and social care teams go live across the county, as well as supporting our wide range of therapy and specialist services to continue to make a positive difference to our populations health and well being. Kieron Murphy, Director of Children s Services B.A.(Hons), M.B.A. Kieron has 25 years of experience in the leadership of health and social care including a number of joint roles. Kieron has considerable experience at Corporate/Board level including as Executive Director, NHS Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Director of Adult Social Services. In addition Kieron has led national programmes at the Department of Health and the Home Office and also established the National Mental Health Commissioning Programme and Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health. Kieron is passionate about quality and integration in health and social care and in his role as Director of Children's Services he also leads the Trust's response to the Francis Report.