Trust Board

1 February 2019
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Steve Phoenix

Steve Phoenix has been Chair of the Trust Board since February 2019. He joined the Board after a long career in health care leadership. His first NHS executive Board appointment was in 1988. He spent 13 years as a Director and 16 years as a Chief Executive (10 in the NHS and 6 at Hamad…

24 September 2018
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Nicola Webber

Nicola Webber is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and previously spent 15 years working in the financial sector in London, including with Deloitte LLP, Actis LLP and INSYNERGY Investment Management. She is an experienced audit and finance committee chair and holds non-executive director roles with Westfield Health and…

2 October 2017
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Vikki Carruth

Originally from Dublin, Vikki qualified as a registered nurse in the UK undertaking a number of post graduate studies at the University of Brighton. She has worked in the NHS since 1989, holding a variety of senior nursing posts in a number of trusts in London and the South. Vikki is passionate about ensuring that…

10 August 2017
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Dr Simon Merritt

GMC reference no: 4728090 Professional profile Simon is a Consultant in Respiratory, General and Sleep Medicine at Conquest Hospital and the Chief Medical Officer. He trained at United Medical and Dental School of Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals, London gaining a BSc in Psychology, before graduating with Honours in 2000. After completing his general medical…

13 April 2017
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Damian Reid

Damian Reid joined the trust from Bedford Hospital NHS Trust where he was Director of Finance. Damian is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant. He started his career in the Ministry of Defence, followed by a series of appointments in the public sector and at EC Harris and Compass Group. Damian is an experienced Finance Director…

13 April 2017
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Jackie Churchward-Cardiff

Jackie has extensive experience of healthcare having worked in both the private and public sector. She lives near Heathfield and qualified as a nurse in 1981. Jackie worked in the NHS for 22 years with her last position being Director of Operations at Barts and Royal London NHS Trust. She then worked for an infrastructure…