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Introducing the Executive and Non-Executive Team

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	Aileen McLeish, Chairman Aileen McLeish has been Chairman of Ashford and St Peter’s since October 2008 having been a Non-Executive of the Trust since November 2005. She was educated at The Mount School York and Girton College Cambridge where she obtained a degree in Mechanical Sciences. On leaving university, Aileen joined Unilever as a graduate management trainee and subsequently worked for H J Heinz Co PLC in the UK where she became Group Financial Controller. She then transferred to the not for profit sector as Director of Finance at Historic Royal Palaces for 6 years followed by a move to WWF-UK as Director of Resources for 4 years. At Historic Royal Palaces she led on the transformation of the organisation from a Government Agency to a Non-Departmental Public Body and registered charity with no public funding (an early precursor of the process of becoming a Foundation Trust). Aileen is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Institute of Directors, as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She is married with a 23 year-old son and 21 year-old daughter and has lived in Teddington and Hampton for over 20 years. In addition to chairing the Board of Directors and the Council of Governors, Aileen chairs the Nominations Committees (for both Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors) and is a member of the Remuneration Committee (Executive Directors).
	Professor Philip Beesley, Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman Philip Beesley is a Professor of Neuroscience and was previously Dean of Science and Vice Principal for Research at Royal Holloway University of London. By training, Philip is a biological scientist specialising in neuroscience and has been closely involved in the development of biomedical science at Royal Holloway and in the development of collaborative work with St. George’s University of London (from where the Trust receives a number of medical students) and Kingston University. In his role as Dean of Science Philip is responsible for managing the seven Science Departments at Royal Holloway and is a member of the College’s Senior Management Team. Phillip took up his appointment at the Trust in July 2008. Philip chairs the Integrated Governance and Assurance Committee and the Clinical Excellence Awards Committee.
	Sue Ells, Non-Executive Director Sue Ells has worked as a management consultant for more than 20 years. Her specialism is transformation, change management and organisation development (OD). These skills have been in constant use, achieving successful organisational change in both the public and private sectors. Aligning with business strategy, Sue has designed, managed and personally delivered a cross-section of change programmes in UK, Europe, US and Asian cultures. She has a track record in developing high performing teams, coaching senior individuals and running audits of why major programmes and organisational changes fail, so that lessons can be learnt and future success assured. Sue has a degree in psychology, an MBA, and is a member of the British Psychological Society’s Occupational and Coaching Divisions. She currently works for BT. Sue is a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Sue was appointed as a Non Executive in February 2009.
	Jim Gollan, Non-Executive Director Jim’s career until 2010 was in banking (Lloyds TSB, Standard Chartered), investment management (Gartmore), financial markets (virt-x, Eurex) and management consultancy (KPMG). His executive Board experience comprises 4 roles as CFO, 2 as CEO and 1 as Chairman. He has worked in the UK, Asia and Europe. He is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of Bristol University. He is also a Non-Executive Director of LIFFE and of Kent Reliance, a Trustee of the Brain Research Trust and a member of the Finance Committee of the Open University. He and his family, all of whom have had patient experience at the hospital, have lived in the area for over 15 years. Jim chairs the Finance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee.
	Clive Goodwin, Non-Executive Director Clive Goodwin graduated from the University of Salford with a Bachelor of Science degree in Modern Languages and International Business. With 14 years of operating at Board level, he has been a Commercial Director at British Telecom since 2008, having previously been the Finance Director for BT Wholesale, before which he led Asia-Pac corporate finance activity. He has extensive experience of commercial negotiations and agreements, organisational transformation and continuous improvement as well as broad-ranging corporate finance transactions, most notably acquisitions, divestments and IPOs. Clive was a Non Executive Director and Audit Committee member for Tech Mahindra, a Bombay listed company. He became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1997. Clive is a member of the Remuneration and Finance Committees.
	Mr Terry Price, Non-Executive Director Terry Price has wide ranging experience in both the public and voluntary sectors. He relinquished full time employment in 2006 and now holds a number of Non Executive Director roles with Thameswey Group Ltd and Woking Borough Homes Ltd, (both companies owned by Woking Borough Council), East Thames Housing Group, the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education Ltd, and Community Building Services Ltd (a subsidiary of Affinity Sutton Housing). He is also a member of the Audit Committee for the National Fire Service College and the Immigration Services Commissioner, and is a member of the Audit and Standards Committee of Elmbridge Borough Council. Until 2006 Terry was Director of Strategic Finance for the Metropolitan Police and from 1998 until 2003 was Director of Corporate Services for Sport England. Prior to this, Mr Price held various posts in local authority finance in the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow. In the voluntary sector Terry is Chair of the Board of Governors at Esher Sixth Form College and past Chair of the Governors at St. Lawrence C of E (Aided) Junior School in East Molesey. He has previously served as Treasurer and Vice Chair of St. Mungo’s Housing Association. Terry is a fully qualified CIPFA accountant. At Ashford & St. Peter’s, Terry was appointed as a Non Executive Director in September 2008 and is now the Chair of the Audit Committee, and a member of both the Integrated Governance Assurance Committee and the Clinical Governance Committee. He was appointed as a Non Executive Director in September 2008.
	Mr Peter Taylor, Non-Executive Director Peter Taylor worked until he retired with the South East England Development Agency, responsible for supporting small and medium size enterprises and promoting manufacturing and innovation. As an advisor to many industries he has an extensive knowledge of marketing, new product development and lean enterprise techniques. Peter has also held General Management and Marketing Director roles at companies such as Unipart , The Rank Organisation, Grand Metropolitan (now Diageo) and Cadbury Schweppes. He is a member of Runnymede Borough Council where he is chairman of the Environment and Sustainability Committee. Peter started as a Non Executive in July 2008, chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Finance, Nominations and Audit Committees at Ashford and St. Peter's. Peter is also the Senior Independent Director.

Executive Directors

	Andrew Liles, Chief Executive Andrew Liles joined the Trust in January 2009 from the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust, where he had been Chief Executive for three years. After University he was an NHS Management Trainee for 2 years, completing his training in 1992. Since then his career has progressed through general management and operational posts in acute NHS Trusts and Executive Director posts in Winchester, Southampton and Epsom and St Helier. Andrew is the Chief Executive lead for leadership and talent management for the NHS in the South East, is Chairman of the Surrey and Sussex Research Network and sits on the Board of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery.
	Valerie Bartlett, Deputy Chief Executive Valerie has nearly 15 years of Board level experience within the NHS, including 4 years as a Chief Executive of a mental health trust and 3 years as Director of Service Delivery at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Graduating from Oxford, with an MBA from Henley Management College, Valerie also has experience of working outside the NHS, in both local government and the voluntary sector. She has also worked in consultancy and research, designing and delivering significant programmes of organisational change with government agencies, local authorities and with NHS Trusts across the UK. Valerie has experience of project directing a Foundation Trust application where she developed a membership scheme, produced an Integrated Business Plan and also delivered a programme of Board development. Valerie’s experience within the acute sector of the NHS includes leading on significant service redesign programmes and delivering programmes of substantial financial recovery and significant performance improvement
	Dr David Fluck, Medical Director Previously the Trust’s Deputy Medical Director, Dr Fluck first joined St Peter’s hospital as a Consultant Cardiologist in 1996. He has since introduced many service improvements and developments as well as undertaking a number of roles including Clinical Director for Medicine and Clinical Lead for the Surrey Cardiac Network.
	Simon Marshall, Director of Finance and Information Simon Marshall has a degree in Economics and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants. Following 10 years working with PricewaterhouseCoopers on finance assignments across the central government, local government, health, education and charitable sectors he joined the NHS in 2002. Firstly as the Finance Director for Hounslow PCT, before moving in 2005 to become the Finance Director for the West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. He also recently led the financial analysis underpinning the North West London Acute Hospital Reconfiguration Programme. Simon is married with two children and joined Ashford & St Peter’s in May 2012
	Suzanne Rankin, Chief Nurse Suzanne joined Ashford and St. Peter’s in December 2010. She was most recently Deputy Chief Nurse for NHS South Central. Prior to that, her nursing and management career has been exclusively with the Royal Navy. Suzanne’s naval career has included deployment during the 1990 Gulf War; a spell as Senior Nursing Officer at NATO Headquarters in Lisbon; and Nursing Officer in charge of the 56-bed Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit at the former Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, when the unit was integrated into the NHS and at the time of the outbreak of the war in Afghanistan. Suzanne attended the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2005 where she undertook an MA in Defence Studies and undertook advanced staff and command training. Suzanne left the Royal Navy in 2008 following appointment at the Ministry of Defence where she supported and advised the Surgeon General on all nursing leadership and professional matters, spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan and lead the development of the Nursing Services Strategy
	Louise McKenzie, Director of Workforce Transformation Louise McKenzie joined the Trust in April 2013. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and holds a degree in Public Administration and Economics. Louise has worked in the NHS since 1994, primarily in the acute sector, in a number of senior HR roles including Head of Operational HR at Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Director of HR at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust, and most recently as Director of HR & OD at South London Healthcare NHS Trust. In her previous role she was a member of the London Partnership Forum working with senior NHS managers and trade union organisations on workforce policy implementation and complex change management programmes. Louise is passionate about creating opportunities for staff to fulfil their full potential and is looking forward to using new media and technologies as part of the communication and engagement programme at Ashford and St Peter’s.

Board Members Expenses

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to proactively publish summary details of expenses claimed by Board members (i.e. the non executive directors and executive directors). The spreadsheet below shows the amount of expenses claimed for reimbursement by the named Board member, broken down by category, during the quarter shown.