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Our Board

Glen Burley – Chief Executive

Glen Burley began his NHS career in 1983 as a finance trainee, qualifying as a Chartered Public Finance Accountant in 1990. After reaching the position of Director of Finance for South Warwickshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust, he moved into an ...

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Russell Hardy - Chair

Russell Hardy joined the Trust as Chair of the Board of Directors from 1 August 2023. Russell, who is also Chair of Foundation Group partner organisations; George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust and Wye Valley NHS ...

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Sarah Shingler - Chief Nursing ...

Sarah joined the Trust in May 2023 as Designate Chief Nursing Officer and took over as Chief Nursing Officer on 1 July, 2023. 

Sarah has a long career history in the NHS working as a senior ...

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Neil Cook - Chief Finance ...

Neil Cook took on the role of Chief Finance Officer on an interim basis with effect from 1 August 2022, having joined the Trust as Associate Director of Finance in June 2021.

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Vikki Lewis - Chief Digital ...

Vikki Lewis was appointed as Chief Digital Officer in January 2020.

Vikki joined us from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she was Chief Information Officer. She has also held a number of ...

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Jo Newton - Director of ...

Jo Newton joined us at Director of Strategy and Planning in April 2020.

Jo is a hugely experienced NHS board director and award-winning marketeer with extensive public and private sector ...

Rebecca O’Connor – Director of ...

Director of Corporate Governance, Rebecca O’Connor joined the Trust on 1 March 2021.

Rebecca brings extensive experience of providing board level advice on governance, compliance and corporate and strategic risk management. Her previous ...

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Dame Julie Moore – Non-Executive Director

Dame Julie Moore joined the Board of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as an Associate Non-Executive Director from 1 October 2018, after stepping down from her most recent post as Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

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Colin Horwath - Non-Executive Director

Colin joined the Trust on 1 February 2019.

Colin Horwath is a qualified accountant, who has spent his career working with the public sector. He was a partner with KPMG, based in Birmingham, for 20 years, leading audit and advisory ...

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Karen Martin - Non-Executive Director

Karen Martin’s appointment by NHS England as a Non-Executive Director took effect on 9 January 2023 and runs until 8 January 2025.

Karen Martin is currently an independent Consultant / Advisor across the health, education and private sector. ...

Tony Bramley - Non-Executive Director

Tony Bramley’s appointment by NHS England as a Non-Executive Director took effect on 9 January 2023 and runs until 8 January 2025.

Tony Bramley is a former Chief Executive of two housing associations and a City Council ...

Michelle Lynch - Non-Executive Director

Michelle Lynch joined our Trust Board as a Non-Executive Director on 9 January 2023 and her placement runs for 12 months.

Michelle Lynch is the owner and Director of Lynch's Resources Ltd, an award-winning business which offers ...

Richard Oosterom – Associate Non-Executive Director

Richard is an experienced senior executive who worked most of his career in the IT and technology sector throughout Europe and in the US and Asia.

During his commercial career of more than 30 years, he has built ...