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David Flory joined Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 27 February 2023 as the Trust Chair until 29 February 2024.
David was previously the independent chair for Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System.
He has 22 years of board level experience as Chief Executive and Executive Director of NHS organisations in England and healthcare organisations internationally, including six years working as Deputy Chief Executive-Director General in the Department of Health for England. David was awarded a CBE in the 2009 New Year’s Honours List.
Between 2015 and 2019, he was the chief of hospitals at Hamad Medical Corporation in the State of Qatar, responsible for 14 hospitals with 2,500 beds, providing a full range of secondary and tertiary services for the country.
Chairs the board of directors and is responsible for ensuring the board develops its vision, strategy and culture to support the delivery of outstanding care for the population
Chairs the Council of Governors (CoG) and supports the effectiveness of the Council
Has a close working relationship with the Trust’s chief executive
Acts as an ambassador for the Trust with partners and stakeholders at a local, regional, national and international level.
James Sumner joined LUHFT on 1st May 2022 and served for two weeks as Chief Executive Designate before becoming Chief Executive and Accountable Officer on 16th May 2022.
James has more than 20 years of experience in the NHS and was previously Chief Executive at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
James joined the NHS in 1999, initially working in Primary Care before moving on to several regional quality improvement roles.
He moved into the acute sector in 2005 and has held a number of operational and strategic roles since, including Deputy Chief Executive at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Chief Officer of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and latterly Chief Executive of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Non-Executive Director: Neil WillcoxNeil was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2019 – he was previously Non-Executive Director at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Neil is a Chartered Accountant. He began work in marketing before joining an international firm of chartered accountants, becoming an audit senior and manager. Neil is the Managing Director of a software, hosted services and infrastructure company which supports medium and large organisations in the private and public sector. Neil has both executive and non-executive experience, the latter gained in the health sector.
Neil is the Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the New Hospital, Charitable Funds and Nominations & Remuneration Committees.
Neil’s term of office runs from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023.
Non-Executive Director: Mike EastwoodMike was appointed a Non-Executive Director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2019 – he was previously Non-Executive Director and Interim Chair at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. Mike was re-appointed for a further 3 year term which runs from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026.
Mike is currently Diocesan Secretary (Chief Executive) of the Diocese of Liverpool as well as the Chief Officer at Liverpool Cathedral.
He has significant experience of working at director level in the third sector. He currently holds a number of voluntary positions supporting the church and local community development. He has a BA (Hons) in Modern History.
Mike is a member the Nominations & Remuneration Committee.
Mike’s term of office runs from 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2023. Mike was appointed for a further 3 year term which runs from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026.
Ibrahim Ismail has over 19 years experience working locally, regionally and nationally in the voluntary and community sector. He has Non-Executive Director experience in the housing sector. Ibrahim's experience includes holding Director positions at Bolton CVS as Chair of Trustees and Senior Independent Director at MSV Housing Association.
Ibrahim's passion is how systems and institutions can be made inclusive and rooted in the local community and how anchor institutions can tackle inequalities in the wider sense.
Ibrahim is the Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee, and a member of the Audit and Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Ibby’s term of office runs from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2024.
Sheila joined the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in September 2020 and has a wealth of experience in public sector management and leadership. She has previously held Executive and Non-Executive Director Board level roles in local government and the NHS.
As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Sheila has been instrumental in furthering effective Human Resource Management within organisations. Since retiring in 2013 after 35 years public service, Sheila has undertaken a number of consultancy assignments to support public sector and charitable organisations in addressing major organisational challenges.
Sheila also possesses an MSc in Humanitarian Studies gained from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Whilst gaining this qualification, she studied health systems in developing and post conflict countries. Such insight has developed her gratitude and passion in ensuring the continued effectiveness and success of patient care.
Sheila is the Trust Senior Independent Director, Wellbeing Guardian and Non Executive Director Lead for Doctors Disciplinary. She is a member of the Audit, New Hospital (disbanded in October 2022) and Nomination & Remuneration Committees.
Sheila’s term of office runs from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2023.
Professor Thomas Walley was appointed Non-Executive Director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in July 2021. He is the associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research at the University of Liverpool. He was previously a Consultant Physician at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust between 1991 and 2018, and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology. He was director of several National Institute for Health and Care Research programmes, and a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Strategy Board for many years.
Tom was awarded a CBE for services to medicine in 2008. He is a life fellow of the British Pharmacology Society and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Tom is a member of the Audit and Nominations & Remuneration Committees.
Eustace was appointed a Non-Executive Director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 September 2020.
Eustace has worked in social care, health and wellbeing for 20 years in the North West. He has managed adult and children’s social services, and led a range of regeneration, community and housing programmes. He worked for the NHS in regional health authorities, overseeing health service performance and commissioning.
Between 2013-2020 he worked at a national level for Public Health England, leading on health inequalities, child health and healthy ageing. He is now an independent Public Health Specialist Consultant and an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College for Paediatric and Child Health.
Eustace is a member of the Nominations & Remuneration Committee.
David was appointed as a Non Executive Director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 December 2022.
David is an experienced Director with a strong track record both as a Non-Executive and Executive Director. He is a qualified accountant, highly skilled in financial management, recovery & turnaround with a demonstrable track record of delivering improvement.
He was previously a Non-Executive Director at the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt NHS Foundation Trust in Oswestry.
David is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Dudley Integrated Health & Care NHS Trust where he is Chair of the Audit Committee. He also an independent member of the Governance Audit and Risk Committee of the Muir Group Housing Association and a member of the Cheshire Constabulary Audit Committee.
David’s term of office runs from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2025
Hayley was appointed Non-Executive Director at Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust on 1 January 2023.
Hayley has more than 37 years’ experience working in the NHS predominantly in Cheshire & Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire regions; most recently as Regional Chief Nurse for the North West, focusing on areas such as patient safety, improving quality, coaching executives and leading on national and regional programmes.
Hayley has more than 10 years’ experience working at Board Level, including 3 years as Chief Executive Officer of The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust. Prior to this Hayley has held Director posts in both operational and nursing roles. She has a history of significant senior clinical and wider leadership, operational management and governance experience in a variety of acute Trusts.
Hayley has also chaired a number of regional boards including System Improvement Boards and ODNs as well as holding positions on non NHS Boards too.
Hayley is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-linguistic Programming and has a passion for equality, diversity and inclusion, leading the agenda in several of her executive roles.
Hayley’s term of office runs from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025.
Rob was appointed Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2020.
He was previously Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. After qualifying academically and professionally in Law, Rob then went on to become a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and subsequently achieved a Masters in Business Administration. Rob worked in a variety of senior finance and director roles within General Motors, living and working in both the UK and Europe for a number of years. Rob joined the NHS in 2009.
In addition to his Trust role, Rob chairs the national HFMA Technical Issues Group, Cheshire & Merseyside Provider CFO Group, Finance Skills Development Steering Group and is on the Board of the NHS Finance Leadership Council.
Rob is passionate about advancing the inclusive reach and effectiveness of the Finance profession in the NHS and beyond, with a special interest in innovation and Social Value.
Dr Jim Gardner joined Liverpool University Hospitals as Chief Medical Officer in June 2022.
In a career of over 30 years, Jim has undertaken senior leadership roles across primary and secondary care, the private sector, charitable sector and academia.
Having studied medicine at Cambridge University and London, Jim undertook a series of clinical roles across England and Australia before becoming a GP Partner in a high performing practice in Cumbria. During this time, he established an out-of-hours GP co-operative for South Lakeland and was the founder executive chair for several years.
Jim then became the Medical Director of North Lancashire Primary Care Trust and subsequently the Medical Director and Responsible Officer for the Lancashire Area Team of NHS England. He was a Health Foundation Leadership Fellow and a member of the NHS Top Leaders programme.
Jim also worked in the School of Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire and helping to establish a brand-new medical school for the northwest of England. At this time, he also held posts as a trustee of a hospice and a non-executive director of an NHS hospital trust.
In January 2020, Jim was appointed as the Executive Medical Director at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and held that post until his appointment to LUHFT.
David was appointed as Chief Nurse in July 2022.
David is the former Director of Nursing and Quality at The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, a role which he held between 2015 and 2022.
Originally from Liverpool, David is both a Registered General Nurse and Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disabilities. His main clinical speciality was neurology and neurosurgery and he has previously held Director of Nursing roles at The Walton Centre NHS FT and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS FT.
David’s main focus is to further develop a culture within organisations that sets patient safety at the heart of what everyone does by engaging colleagues to be the very best that they can be.
Beth was appointed Chief Operating Officer at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2019 – she was previously Chief Operating Officer at Aintree University Hospital.
Beth joined Aintree University Hospital in April 2015 and was appointed Acting Chief Operating Officer in October 2017 before becoming substantive on 1 February 2019. Beth previously worked at Central Manchester University Hospitals (CMFT) for 12 years as director for a number of hospitals, more latterly as Director of Trafford Hospital following its acquisition by CMFT in 2011.
Beth joined the NHS in 1995 and graduated from the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme in 1997. During this period Beth also graduated from Manchester University with a masters in managing healthcare organisations.
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