Members of the Trust Board

Stephen Graves

Chief Executive Officer

Experience:

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons)
• MBA

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Chief Operating Officer / Deputy Chief Executive

Interim Arrangements (From 01/09/12):

Craig Black - Estates and Facilities  

Andy Graham - Operations

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Dermot O'Riordan

Executive Medical Director

Experience:

• Consultant general laparoscopic surgeon WSH 2001 todate
• Clinical Director WSH
• Deputy Medical Director WSH
• Health Foundation Leadership Fellow 2003-05
• Elected member of Council and Trustee, Royal College of Surgeons of England

Qualifications:

• MBBS
• FRCS England
• FRCS General Surgery

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Craig Black

Executive Director of Resources

Experience:

• Former Director of Commissioning at Cambridge University Hospitals
  NHS Foundation Trust
• Former Deputy Director of Finance at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
  

Qualifications:

• BA in Economics, University of Leeds
• Program for Leadership Development, Harvard Business School

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Jan Bloomfield

Executive Director Workforce and Communications

Experience:  

• Former Deputy Personnel Manager – University College Hospital, London
• Board Governor at West Suffolk College
• Numerous HR Posts within the NHS
• Chair of Leadership Academy Project Board

Qualifications:  

• Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management
• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

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Nichole Day

Executive Director Chief Nurse

Experience:  

• Former Manager, Department of Nursing, Addenbrooke’s NHS Trust, Cambridge
• Over twenty years working in the National Health Service spanning both clinical and managerial positions

Qualifications:

• MSc in Health and Social Care Management
• Diploma in Management Studies
• BSc in Nursing
• Registered General Nurse

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Andy Graham

Director of Major Projects

Experience:

• Former Head of Performance at NHS East of England
• Former Head of Health at HMP Pentonville
• Worked as a Commissioning Manager at Barnet Health Authority
• Worked in a number of General management posts in the NHS including in Primary Care and Mental Health
• Started in the NHS as a student nurse in 1986

Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration

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Roger Quince

Appointed January 2008

Chairman

Experience:

Current:

• Non Executive Director SQW Group Ltd
• Chairman Cambridge Music Festival

Previous

• Director of MEPC Ltd (large property Company)
• Served on various government bodies, including Review of UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Earlier career in staff and line management roles in Dalgety Ltd and CEO of public policy consultancy

Qualifications:

• First Class degree in Economics and Economic History, University of Durham

Responsibilities:

• Chair - Open and Closed Trust Board
• Chair – Council of Governors
• Chair - Quality & Risk Committee
• Strategic Development Committee
• Remuneration Committee
• Advisor to Board of Governors Addenbrookes Hospital
• SHA & PCT Board Meetings

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Graham Simons

Appointed November 2006

Non-executive Director

Experience:

Current

• Currently Finance Director of Leisure Company

Previous

• Manager HSBC Bank PLC
• Head of Sports and Activities, Centre Parcs

Qualifications:

• Associate of the Institute of Bankers

Responsibilities:

• Deputy Chairman
• Vice Chair –  Council of Governors
• Chair - Charitable Funds
• Lead NED – Corporate Risk Committee
• Remuneration Committee
• Audit Committee
• Quality & Risk Committee

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Dr John Benson

Appointed April 2007

Non-executive Director  

Experience:

Current 

• General Practitioner since 1989
• Senior Lecturer in General Practice, Director of Undergraduate GP education, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine

Previous

• Associate Dean, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
• Member of Staying Healthy Board, NHS East of England
• Former member of Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Workforce Development Confederation stakeholder Board

Qualifications:

• MBChB, MSc, MD, MRCP, FRCGP  

Responsibilities:

• Lead NED – Safety & Effectiveness Committee
• Remuneration Committee
• Audit Committee
• Quality & Risk Committee

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Brian Stewart OBE

Appointed August 2009

Non-executive Director

Experience

Current

• Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Ltd
• Consultant Adviser (part-time) to Bidwells on Public Engagement and Consultation
• Chair of the Board of Wherry Housing Association – giving seat on Circle Anglia Strategy Board

Previous

• Chief Executive of the East of England Regional Assembly (9 years)
• Chief Executive of Moray Council and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (7 years)
• Director of Administration, Ross and Cromarty District Council (6 years)
• Other local government and public sector experience (6 years

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) Town Planning
• Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute

Responsibilities:

• Senior Independent Director
• Chair - Remuneration Committee
• Lead NED Patient Experience Committee
• Charitable Funds Committee
• Corporate Risk Committee
• Quality & Risk Committee
• Audit Committee
• Strategic Development Committee

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Steve Turpie

Appointed March 2010

Non-executive Director  

Experience:

Current:

• Global Head of Sourcing & Procurement, Zurich Insurance Company 

Previous:

• Commercial Programme Director (Aviva UK)
• CEO Aviva Global Services (India)
• Director of Finance Operations, Norwich Union (UK)
• Director of Accounting Operations (UK), Cable and Wireless
• Vice President Finance, Continental Europe (France), Cable and Wireless
• Director of Finance, Network Operations (UK), Cable and Wireless
• Senior Finance Manager, Barclaycard (Merchant Services) UK 

Qualifications:

• FCCA
• BSc (Hons) Accountancy

Responsibilities:  

• Chair of Audit Committee
• Remuneration Committee

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Rosie Varley OBE

Appointed 1 April 2011

Non-executive Director

Experience:

Current:

• Chair of the General Social Care Council  
• Chair of the Public Guardian Board  
• Member of the Mental Health and Disability Living Allowance Tribunals  
• Member of the Governing Body of St Benedict's RC School, and of the Priory School for Children with Special Needs,  both in Bury St Edmunds

Previous:

• Chair General Optical Council (1997 -2008)
• Member and Acting Chair Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (2004 -2008)
• NHS Trust and NHS Regional Chair (Anglia and Oxford and subsequently East of England) , and NHS Appointments' Commissioner

Qualifications:

• BA Durham
• MA (Econ) Manchester

Responsibilities:

• Safety & Effectiveness Committee
• Patient Experience Committee
• Strategic Development Committee

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