Elizabeth is an award-winning senior occupational health nurse. She has been lead nurse to the Houses of Parliament, Ernst & Young, Cable & Wireless and Barts Health NHS Trust. Most recently she was senior occupational health adviser in Unilever’s global headquarters where her role focused on assessment of fitness for work and rehabilitation. Her clinical […]
During his time at Verita, Kieran led many investigations across the charities, the NHS, and private healthcare providers. Governance is a particular area of expertise for Kieran. He led a number of reviews of conflict of interest and governance issues for NHS England and in the charity sector. He also led Verita’s work in the
Jane Russell is a practising barrister with 20 years’ experience (15 years at the independent Bar and 5 years as a solicitor) undertaking employment, equality, regulatory and whistleblowing work and she has appeared in the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Employment Tribunals.
Jo Gillespie is a pilot by profession with 30 years of hands-on flying experience, primarily as a commercial airline captain and flight instructor. He has also enjoyed a parallel career in aviation safety and risk management, spending many years as Vice President of Flight Safety for Emirates in Dubai. He has managed large safety and
Stephanie Bown is a highly experienced medico-legal specialist. She is a registered medical practitioner and an accredited mediator with a law degree. Stephanie practised as an NHS doctor for eleven years and is a former senior executive at a medical professional services membership organisation (MPS). She was director of the National Clinical Assessment Service for a year before joining
Andrew Woodhead left the NHS in 2012 after 30 years in healthcare management in London. He now works as an independent management consultant and is also an associate with Deloitte. Before leaving the NHS he led a complex change programme as head of mergers and acquisitions at NHS London. He also managed the approval process
Ann Sutton has worked in the NHS for 35 years, most recently as director of commissioning for NHS England. She was responsible for setting up the new direct commissioning system that includes specialised services, primary care, public health, health and justice and services for the armed forces and their families. Before this Ann was a
Suzanne Shale is an expert in healthcare ethics, patient safety, and healthcare leadership. She is ethics advisor to NHS England’s Patient Safety Steering Group, chaired the Surgical Never Events Task Force and was a member of Health Education England’s Learning to be Safer Expert Advisory Group. She is experienced in investigating clinical performance and service
Alison Pointu is a recently retired executive nurse with a varied nursing career that spans 35 years. Alison is regarded as a knowledge expert in learning disabilities, providing advice and support to the London Strategic Health Authority, Cabinet Office, NHS England and the Department of Health. Alison spearheaded one of the first acute liaison projects,
Andy Nash has a background in management in local government and the NHS and started his career as a social worker. He has also worked in national inspection and regulation, service improvement and policy development and implementation at the Department of Health. His specialist fields are social care and mental health. Andy now works as
Candy Morris has an NHS career spanning 36 years, with over 19 years as a chief executive. She has top-level experience of designing, developing and leading healthcare organisations and wider health systems to improve quality and financial sustainability, drawing on the talents of staff and the engagement of patients, politicians and the wider public and
Liz Howes has 20 years’ experience of senior management in the NHS, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities. Liz led on a service improvement project in mental health services as part of a national pilot with the National Institute for Mental Health in England, and was responsible for leading a multi-agency project to provide
