The Trust Board is the Board of Directors of the Trust, who are
collectively accountable for the Trust. The Trust Board sets the
strategic direction (the ‘direction of travel’) for the Trust over
the coming years and ensures that the Trust has high standards in
clinical care, financial stewardship as well as responding to the
health needs of the population it serves.
Our Trust Board comprises 14 Board members. Every Trust Board is
required to have a Chairman and a mix of Non-Executive and
Executive Directors. The Non-Executive Directors give an
independent voice to the Trust Board and provide a high level of
scrutiny to all aspects of the Trust. They bring to the Board a
wide range of professional and business experience.
David
Loughton – Chief Executive
Appointed 2004
Mr Loughton joined our Trust in 2004 having had extensive
experience as a Chief Executive within the NHS. During his career
he has developed a new Medical School with Warwick University and
achieved financial close on a £400 million new hospital PFI.
He has now turned around one of the 17 most financially challenged
Trusts in the NHS, whilst improving the quality of care provided to
patients.
Mr Loughton is a member of the National Institute for Health
Research Advisory Board and West Midlands
Chief Executive representative for the NHS Confederation
Council.
Barry Picken – Chairman
Appointed 2010
Mr. Picken has been involved in
healthcare in Wolverhampton since 2002 when he became a
non-executive Director of Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust. He
became Chair of the PCT in 2006. Mr. Picken was Chairman of
Wolverhampton’s All Saints and Blakenhall Community Development and
is a lay assessor for the General Medical Council and was a member
of the Royal College of Physicians training sub-committee. He is
vice chairman of Accord Housing Association. Mr. Picken is a
magistrate and has been a school governor and a member of the West
Midlands Police Authority.
Balsinder Jaspal-Mander - Non-Executive Director
Appointed 2005
Mrs Jaspal-Mander is Manager in Social Care, which involves
supporting all service user groups. She has previously worked in
the London Boroughs of Southwark, Haringey and Greenwich in various
professional roles. Mrs Jaspal-Mander is also a member of
Cafcass.
Jeremy Vanes - Non-Executive Director
Appointed 2006
Mr Vanes is Company Secretary for
Wolverhampton Advice Agencies Consortium, Chief Executive of the
Wolverhampton Citizens Advice Bureau and District Manager of the
Sandwell Citizens Advice Bureau. He is a Regional Committee Member
with the Legal Services Commission and a coordinator at What? Youth
Advice Centre. Mr Vanes is also a community artist at Sandwell
Social Services.
Keith Bryan - Non-Executive Director
Appointed 2005
Mr Bryan is a former Managing Director
of Tarmac Topmix Ltd and advisor to the UK Concrete and Cement
Industry. He has held various posts within manufacturing industry
and the Tarmac Group in both operational and financial management.
His industrial experience includes representation on trade
federations and quality assurance bodies.
David Sutton - Non-Executive Director
Appointed March 2011
Mr
Sutton spent his career with Barclays Bank where he worked in
Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Shropshire and the Channel Islands as a
Corporate Banking Manager as well as Senior Corporate Risk Manager
and Director and Company Secretary of Barclays Offshore Securities
business. Mr Sutton currently runs a small business in the golf
industry and he was a first Governor of Wolverhampton Girls’ High
School for 12 years until 2002.
Janet Anderson - Non-Executive Director
Dr
Anderson was a Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Wolverhampton
Hospitals NHS Trust from 1982-2007. During this time she was
also Regional Advisor in Paediatrics to the Royal College of
Physicians (1993-1997), Chair of the WM Regional Training Committee
for Paediatrics (1197-2002), Chair of the General Professional
Training Committee Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
(1997-2002) and Paediatric Lead for Children's, Young People and
Maternity Reconfiguration Group, West Midlands SHA (2006-2009).
Dr Anderson is currently priniciple regional examiner in
Paediatrics for the Far East (RCPCH 2007-2012)
and Hon. Senior Lecturer for Birmingham Children's Hospital
(1985-ongoing). Dr Anderson is also vice
chair Governors at Penn Hall School.
Vivien Hall - Chief Operating Officer (Deputy
CEO)
Appointed November 2008, (Director of Service Development to
October 2008)
Mrs Hall has extensive NHS experience
at all levels. Her previous roles include Communication, Marketing,
Contracting, Business Management, Divisional Management and
Performance Management. She developed the first Black Country
Cancer Network.
Kevin
Stringer - Director of Finance and Information
Appointed 2009
Mr Stringer has been in the NHS for 20
years and a Director of Finance for 8 years. He has worked at
Director level at Birmingham Childrens Hospital and North
Birmingham PCT (now Birmingham East and North PCT) where he was
also Deputy CEO. His NHS career to date includes experience
in Strategic Health Authorities, Foundation and NHS Trusts which
incorporates Primary Care (GPs, dentists etc), Acute and Specialist
(mainly in hospitals) Care and Community Care (District Nursing and
Mental Health). He is an active supporter of Healthcare
Financial Management Association where he is Treasurer for the
West
Midlands Branch.
Jonathan Odum - Medical Director
Appointed February 2011
Dr Odum graduated from
Birmingham University Medical School in 1984, and began his career
as a Pre-Registration House Officer, at Sandwell DGH. He did
most of his post-graduate training in the West Midlands including a
2 year research fellowship in North Staffordshire. He was awarded
his MD thesis in 1993. He also spent two years working in Adelaide,
South Australia gaining further experience and training in renal
medicine before returning to the UK.
Dr Odum was appointed as Consultant Physician
and Nephrologist at New Cross Hospital in 1993. He has
held a number of managerial appointments since this time.
He was appointed Clinical Director Renal
Services in 1995 and Clinical Director of Medicine in 2002.
Prior to his appointment as Medical Director, Dr
Odum was Divisional Medical Director for one the Clinical Divisions
at the Trust.
Cheryl Etches - Director of Nursing and
Midwifery
Appointed 2005
Ms Etches joined the board at
Wolverhampton in June 2005 after holding the position of Deputy
Director of Nursing at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham. She sits
on the national Health Protection Agency Healthcare Associated
Infections group. She has also worked in the healthcare system in
the Middle East.
Denise
Harnin – Director of Human Resources
Appointed in February 2006
Ms Harnin a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development is an established HR practitioner. She has worked
in the NHS at Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull Trust, since 1988
operating at board level for 16 years. Ms Harnin has also worked
with NHS employers at national strategy and policy level.
Maxine Espley - Director of Planning and Contracting
Appointed in April 2011
Maxine Espley has more than
20 years experience working in a diverse range of health and social
care organisations.
A qualified Social Worker, Maxine has led the development
and management of housing and care services for
vulenerable groups including the estbalishments of a social
enterprise providing health and social care and employment
opportunities for the long term unemployed. Maxine has
also worked as a Development
Manager for a National Mental Health Charity in the not
for profit sector.
Maxine
joined the Board following the integration with Wolverhampton City
PCT Provider Services where
she was Managing Director.