The trust board

The trust is led by our Chair Cedi Frederick and Chief Executive Maria Kane whilst supported by full-time executive directors and part-time independent non-executive directors appointed by NHS Improvement.

The executive directors are responsible for the daily running of the hospital and together with the non-executive directors who make up the board have collective responsibility for setting the strategic direction of the trust, ensuring its achievement against performance targets and upholding high standards of governance and probity.

The board's role is to: 

• set the strategic direction of the trust within the context of government and  NHS priorities
• monitor the trust’s performance against its objectives
• provide financial stewardship through value for money, financial control and financial planning and strategy
• ensure the trust provides high quality, effective and patient focused services
• ensure high standards of corporate governance, personal conduct and compliance with statutory duties.
• ensure there is effective dialogue with the local community about our plans and performance and ensure that these are responsive to their needs.

All board members are required to declare any interests. You can find the current register of board members' interests in our corporate documents section.

Executive directors

Click on the images below to view their biographies. 

Maria Kane Chief executive *

David Stacey Director of finance *

Dr Emma Whicher Medical director *

Dr Andy Heeps Chief operating officer

Deborah Wheeler Director of nursing and midwifery*

Richard Gourlay Strategic development director

Mark Vaughan              Director of workforce

Cedi Frederick Chair *

Alan Palmer Vice-Chair Non-executive director & senior independent director *

Sarah Rapson Non-executive director *

Mehboob Khan Non-executive director *

Dr Surendra Deo Non-executive director *

Professor Deenan Pillay Non-executive director *

Page last updated October 2019