The Board of Directors

The next meeting of the Board of Directors of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will be held in public on Thursday 23 May from 10.30am to 1.00am in the Governors’ Meeting Room, Papworth Hall, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 3RE. Please call the Corporate Affairs Department on 01480 364240 if you plan to attend.
You can download the agenda here and dates for future meetings can be viewed here.

Please note that the start time of this month’s meeting is 10.30am.

We have leadership and governance structures in place, all of which strengthen our capacity to improve services for our patients.

The Trust is led by a Board of Directors which is made up of executive and non-executive members.

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Each non-executive director is a member of the local community and is appointed to bring their personal qualities and experience to the board.

The Trust Board became the Board of Directors on 1 July 2004, when the Trust formally became an NHS Foundation Trust. The role of the Board of Directors is to manage the Trust by:

Setting the overall strategic direction of the Trust, within the context of NHS priorities.
Regularly monitoring the Trust’s performance against objectives.
Providing effective financial stewardship through value for money, financial control and financial planning.
Ensuring that the Trust provides high quality, effective and patient focused services through clinical governance.
Ensuring high standards of corporate governance and personal conduct.
Promoting effective dialogue between the Trust and the communities we serve.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is made up of our Chairman, Robert Burgin, six other Non-executive Directors and six Executive Directors, including the Chief Executive.

The purpose of the board is to ensure high standards of clinical and corporate governance, monitor performance and ensure effective financial stewardship.

Non-executive Directors
Mr Robert Burgin	Trust Board Chairman
Mrs Anne Bailey
Professor Andrew Bradley
Dr Susan Lintott
Miss Nicola Mullany
Dr Ron Zimmern
Executive Directors
Mr Stephen Bridge	Chief Executive
Miss Elizabeth Horne	Director of HR
Mrs Claire Tripp	Director of Operations
Ms Jane Payling	Director of Finance
Ms Ann-Marie Ingle	Director of Nursing
Dr Mark Slade	Interim Medical Director

	Mr Robert Burgin, Chairman Robert was appointed in January 2006. He was re-appointed from February 2010 for a further term of three years. He is a Member of the Tri-service Armed Forces' Review Body appointed in 2004 by the Secretary of State for Defence; the original three-year term of appointment was renewed for a further period until March 2010, the maximum term allowed under the AFPRB Governance Rules. He is a Non-executive Director of Circle Anglia Housing Group Management Board and an independent member of the Partners' Strategy Board; the group has 60,000 houses under management. Robert was recently appointed to the Board of Invicta Telecare, a company specialising in the provision of 24-hour emergency aid, primarily for the elderly in their own homes or groups in supported housing. Robert has a wide experience as an executive and Non-executive Director in the private and not-for-profit sectors. Robert was Executive Chairman of the Environment Agency's Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee until April 2005, responsible for the construction and maintenance of river and sea defences. Prior to May 2000 he was Group Managing Director of Cambridge Water Plc, Gas and Electricity companies and following a long career in the water industry, served as Chairman and Council Member for the East of England with the National Consumer Council for Postal Services prior to his Flood Defence appointment. Robert read Honours in Engineering at Sheffield University and is a Fellow of the Institution of Environmental Management, a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a former member of the Council for Water UK. Robert is a Director of Cambridge University Health Partners.
	Mrs Anne Bailey, Non-executive Director Anne was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Foundation Trust Board for a term of three years, from October 2004. She was re-appointed from November 2007 for a further term of three years. Anne has over 20 years senior management experience in marketing and communications roles in the private, public and third sectors. Previous employers include Reed Elsevier, Suffolk County Council and Safeway. Anne has worked with a diverse range of clients including BT while running her own PR and communications agency. Anne is an Associate Director of Dialogics, a production and training company, as well as DialogueLab, a social enterprise working to improve the communication skills of children and young people. Anne lives in Cambridge and is a graduate of Harvard University. Anne is Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee and was a member of both the Audit Committee and the Finance and Workforce Committees until August 2009. Anne then became a member of the new Quality and Risk Committee.
	Professor J Andrew Bradley, Non-executive Director Andrew was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Foundation Trust Board in January 2008 for a term of three years. Andrew qualified in Medicine (MB ChB) from the University of Leeds in 1975, was appointed Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Glasgow in 1978 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCS) in 1979. In 1984 Andrew was appointed Consultant Surgeon (General Surgery and Transplantation) at the Western Infirmary Glasgow and in 1993 he became Professor at the University of Glasgow. In 1997 he moved to the University of Cambridge to take up the Chair of Surgery and an Honorary Consultant Surgeon position at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Andrew is Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Cambridge (since 1998), Clinical Director of Transplantation at Addenbrooke's Hospital (since 2001) and one of four Associate Medical Directors at Addenbrooke's Hospital (since 2005). Andrew is currently Chairman of the Kidney Advisory Group at UK Transplant. Andrew is a Director of Cambridge University Health Partners.
	Dr Susan Lintott, Non-executive Director Susan was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Foundation Trust Board in December 2012 for a term of three years. She is currently Senior Bursar of Downing College in the University of Cambridge, a position she has held for the last fifteen years after retiring from a career as an investment banker, first at The Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and then at the Chase Investment Bank in London. She is on the Board of Cambridge in America, where she holds the position of Treasurer. She is a member of the University of Cambridge Tribunal, the Nominations Committee of the Council of the University of Cambridge, and the Energy and Carbon Reduction Implementation Board. She has also chaired the University’s Board of Scrutiny, served as a member of its Audit Committee, and was Chairman of the Cambridge Colleges’ Bursars’ Committee. Susan has extensive experience in a non-executive capacity, having served several terms on the Board of the Christ’s Hospital Foundation and chaired its Securities Investment Committee; she also has experience in estate development, fundraising, and corporate finance. She holds a PhD, and was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, the University of Kent at Canterbury, and the New York University Stern School of Business Administration.
	Mr Mark Millar FCCA, Non-executive Director Having joined the NHS from school as a trainee accountant, Mark has amassed eighteen years experience as an NHS finance director and Chief Executive. He is a past chairman of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) He chaired ACCA’s Healthcare Network Panel over a number of years and was elected to ACCA Council in 2010. He has developed and delivered Financial and Corporate Governance training and has always been committed to staff training and development. Mark has studied a number of health financing systems across the world and has worked closely with the Department of Health on the development of Payment by Results. Mark’s current passion is about aligning service, quality and financial incentives and NHS whole system working in the interest of patients Previously a PCT Chief Executive and Finance Director of Hospital Trusts and Health Authorities, Mark was latterly Chief Executive at Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust. He has been assisting Milton Keynes Hospital NHST.
	Miss Nicky Mullany, Non-executive Director Nicky was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Foundation Trust Board in January 2008 for a term of three years and was re-appointed from January 2011 for a second term of three years. Originally a Solicitor, she now holds a number of board level appointments. Nicky is chair of both the Finance & Business Committee and the Organ Donation Committee as well as being a member off the Audit Committee. She was a member of the Governance Committee until August 2009.
	Dr Ron Zimmern, Non-executive Director Ron was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Foundation Trust Board in December 2012 for a term of three years. He is currently Chairman of the Foundation for Genomics and Population Health, the successor to the Public Health Genetics Unit, and has a wide knowledge of local health issues having been associated in some way with the local health economy for over 35 years. Ron graduated in 1971 following medical training at Trinity College, Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital, London. He specialised initially in neurology and was appointed Lecturer at the Clinical School in Cambridge in 1976. He went on to obtain a law degree at Cambridge in 1983, after which he started training in public health medicine. He was director of Public Health for Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Authority from 1991 to 1998, and Director of the Institute for Public Health of the University of Cambridge from 2002 to 2008. Prior to that he held a number of medical management positions at Addenbrooke's Hospital and as Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the Health Authority. He was for many years an Associate Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and has also been an Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
	Mr Stephen Bridge, Chief Executive Stephen became Unit General Manager of Papworth Hospital in June 1988 and was then appointed Chief Executive in April 1993, when the Hospital gained NHS Trust status. He joined the National Health Service in Ipswich in 1976 and held a variety of management positions at regional and district level. Stephen moved into hospital management in 1984, as Director of Operational Services/Deputy Unit General in the acute hospital sector in the West Midlands. Stephen is a Director of CUHP.
	Miss Elizabeth Horne, Director of Human Resources Elizabeth was appointed as Director of Human Resources in June 2003 with responsibility for all aspects of human resources from recruitment and retention, to training and development, payroll and occupational health. She has worked in a broad spectrum of the service including teaching hospitals and special health authorities. Elizabeth has been actively involved in specific national projects including the specification and evaluation for the new electronic staff record system currently being rolled out across the NHS to improve workforce information, and promoting equality and diversity as a Learning Site for the Department of Health working towards the Single Equality Scheme. Elizabeth has an MA in Law and Employment Relations and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD).
	Mrs Ann-Marie Ingle, Director of Nursing Ann-Marie was appointed as Director of Nursing in January 2009. She first came to Papworth in 1988 to work in Critical Care and subsequently spent a number of years in nurse education at Homerton College in Cambridge, previously Cambridge College of Health Studies. In 1999 Ann-Marie returned to Papworth working as a Practice Development Advisor, followed by involvement in several projects across the Hospital. In 2006 she was appointed as Assistant Director of Nursing. Ann-Marie is the professional lead for nursing and is the Director of Infection Prevention and Control. She is also the executive lead for patient safety and the patient experience, patient support services, clinical governance and risk management, and emergency planning.
	Ms Jane Payling, Director of Finance Jane was appointed as Director of Finance in March 2006 with responsibility for procurement, contracting and performance. Jane joined the NHS in 1992 as a graduate finance trainee with the former East Anglia Regional Health Authority. Jane has worked in a range of organisations spanning provider, commissioner and health authority levels. Her previous role was Director of Finance at Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trusts. Jane is an economics graduate and a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).
	Mrs Claire Tripp, Director of Operations Claire was appointed as Director of Operations in October 2008 after previously holding the position of Director of Nursing from November 2005. Claire originally started working at Papworth in January 1989 as a Staff Nurse on the Critical Care Unit. She became Thoracic Services Manager in 2000 and in 2003 she was promoted to become the General Manager of Thoracic Services. As Director of Operations, Claire is responsible for the day to day management of the Hospital. Claire provides executive lead for IM&T, estate management, medical equipment and the Trust's Service Improvement Planning.
	Dr Mark Slade, Interim Medical Director Mark Slade is a consultant chest physician specialising in lung malignancy and the use of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of breathlessness caused by cancer. He studied medicine in London at Guy’s Hospital before completing his training in Oxford, Sydney, Cambridge and Norwich. He worked as a consultant physician at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals from 2000-08 before moving to Papworth to pursue his specialist interests in lung cancer. He was appointed Interim Medical Director in 2013.