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The Trust Board 

The Trust Board is the statutory authority, which sets the overall strategy for the Trust and monitors performance. The Trust has eight Non-Executive Directors, including the Chairman, and six Executive Directors. Non-Executive Directors bring an independent view to the decision making process of the Board.

Meetings of the Trust Board. Members of the public are invited to attend meetings of the Trust Board, which are held ever other month. For further details, please contact the Chief Executive's office, telephone: 01722 336262 extension 2755.

Foundation Trust Council of Governors

The Council of Governors monitors the performance of the Trust, and the Trust Board is accountable to the Council of Governors. In addition Governors have a wider role which includes ensuring that the local community and staff have a greater say in how services are developed and delivered by the NHS Foundation Trust. 

Register of Interests for Board Members of the Trust

Directors' expense claims 2009-2010

Directors' expense claims 2010-2011

The Trust Board

Luke March 

Luke March - Chairman

Biography:

  • Chairman of the Trust Board
  • Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
  • Chairman of Finance Committee

Luke March was appointed Chairman of the Trust in January 2005. He has been a non-executive director in the NHS since 1988, first in Winchester and later in East London. He was Compliance Director of the Royal Mail Group having formerly been Chief Executive of the Mortgage Board. He lives in Great Durnford near Salisbury.

 

Executive Directors:

Peter Hill - Chief Executive 

Biography:

Peter Hill has a nursing background and before coming to the Trust in 1986 worked on wards and intensive care units in London and Newcastle. He has an MBA in business administration and has extensive senior management experience. He lives in Salisbury.

Peter Hill 
Laurence Arnold 

Laurence Arnold - Director of Corporate Development 

Biography:

Laurence Arnold has almost 20 years NHS experience having worked in both commissioning and provider organisations. He joined the Trust in June 1999  from the Whittington Hospital in London and has since led on strategic planning and site redevelopment projects at Salisbury District Hospital.  He lives in West Dean, near Salisbury.

 

Christine Blanshard - Medical Director

Biography:

Christine Blanshard graduated in Medicine from Cambridge University in 1986 and has over 25 years NHS experience. She trained in East Anglia and London, and became a consultant gastroenterologist and general physician in 1998. She has undertaken a variety of managerial roles alongside her clinical work and before joining the Trust was Director of Strategy and Associate Medical Director at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Christine Blanshard 
 

Malcolm Cassells - Director of Finance and Procurement

Biography:

Malcolm Cassells is a qualified accountant with extensive financial experience gained through over 35 years in the NHS. He held senior financial positions at Regional Health Authority and District Health Authority level, before joining the Trust in 1986 as Director of Finance. He lives in South Wiltshire.

 

 

 

Alison Kingscott  -  Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development

Biography: 

Alison Kingscott has a wide range of HR experience in both the NHS and private sector. She has held senior NHS positions in the south west of England and was Director of Human Resources and Corporate Lead for Estates and Facilities at Weston Area Health NHS Trust before joining the Trust.

Alison Kingscott 
Tracey Nutter 

Tracey Nutter - Director of Nursing

Biography:

Tracey Nutter joined the Trust in April 2003 from Southampton University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust where she was Associate Nurse Director. She has over 20 years NHS experience having worked her way up to key nursing posts in Newcastle, London and Southampton. She lives in Poole in Dorset

 

 

 

Non-Executive Directors:

Nigel Atkinson - Non-Executive Director 

Nigel Atkinson - Non-Executive Director

Biography:

  • Chairman of the Audit Committee 
  • Member of the Workforce Committee
  • Member of the Clinical Governance Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee 

Nigel Atkinson is a retired corporate financier and a former Head of Listing at the London Stock Exchange with some 30 years experience of corporate finance. Mr Atkinson was appointed on 1 February 2007 and lives in Cholderton.

Dr. Lydia Brown - Non-Executive Director and Vice-Chairman

Biography:

  • Chairman of the Clinical Governance Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee

Lydia Brown is a qualified vet and former President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She has considerable business experience and is now a Managing Director within a Norwegian aquaculture business. Lydia lives in West Gomeldon in Wiltshire.

Dr. Lydia Brown Non-Executive Director 
Ian Downie - Non Executive Director 

Ian Downie - Non-Executive Director

Biography:

  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Workforce Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee

Ian Downie has considerable management experience having started his career with Westland PLC in 1974. He moved to ML Aviation in 1984 as Finance Director and then became Managing Director. He is currently Strategic Development Director at Serco group.  

Andrew Freemantle - Non Executive Director

Biography:

  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Workforce Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee

Andrew Freemantle has a wide range of experience as a former Chief Executive of the Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. This followed a distinguished army career. Andrew lives in Tarrant Monkton in Dorset

Andrew Freemantle CBE 
Stephen Long - Non-Executive Director 

Stephen Long - Non-Executive Director

Biography:

  • Chairman of the Workforce Committee 
  • Member of the Clinical Governance Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee

Stephen retired as Deputy Chief Constable of Wiltshire after 30 years service. He was a diversity champion within the constabulary and a national lead for Science and Technology. Stephen lives in Wilton in Wiltshire.

The Revd. Dame Sarah Mullally - Non Executive Director

Biography:

  • Member of the Remuneration Committee

The Revd. Dame Sarah Mullally is a trained nurse and former Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Patient Experience at the Department of Health, where she provided advice to the Government and professional leadership to nurses and midwives. She is Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral and lives in Salisbury

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