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Introducing the Executive and Non-Executive Team

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Non-Executive Directors

	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 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 and a member of the Institute of Directors, as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She is married with a 22 year-old son and 20 year-old daughter and has lived in Teddington and Hampton for over 20 years.
	Professor Philip Beesley, Non-Executive Director Professor Philip Beesley is Dean of Science and Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at Royal Holloway, University of London in Egham. 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. Phillip was also a member of Foundation Trust Project Board.
	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. Sue is a member of the Remuneration Committee and was also a member of Foundation Trust Project Board. Sue was appointed as a Non Executive in February 2009.
	Jim Gollan, Non-Executive Director Jim Gollan graduated from Bristol University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Portuguese. He has a strong business profile with experience as Chairman of a Stock Exchange Board, subject to the Combined Code of Corporate Governance. He was also Chief Executive of a UK equities exchange and a financial services consultancy in the Asia Pacific. Jim has held several CFO positions in international financial services organisations and brings senior risk management consultancy experience from KPMG. He has extensive experience of businesses operating with different governance models: UK plcs, private companies, joint ventures, not for profit organisations and partnerships. Jim gained his Full Chartered Accountancy qualification in 1981.
	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. He is a highly accomplished senior executive with 14 years of operating at Board level and has been a Commercial Director at British Telecom since 2008, having previously been the Finance Director for BT Wholesale. He has extensive experience of commercial negotiations and agreements, organisational transformation and continuous experience. 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.
	Mr Peter Taylor, Non-Executive Director Peter Taylor worked until recently 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 and sits on the Economic Development and Corporate Management Committees. Peter started as a Non Executive in July 2008 and chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Finance and Audit Committees at Ashford and St. Peter's. Peter is also the Senior Independent Director.
	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 early 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), 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 Children’s Commissioner for England, the National Fire Service College and the Immigration Services Commission. 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, Terry 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 is also Treasurer of East Holmes Housing Association and 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 is the Chair of the Audit Committee, and a member of both the Finance Committee and the Integrated Governance Assurance Committee.

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.
	Dr Mike Baxter, Medical Director Dr Mike Baxter joined Ashford and St Peter’s in 1992 as a consultant diabetologist and endocrinologist and has since developed this service. He then became Clinical Director for seven years before becoming Medical Director in 2002. Mike was heavily involved with the merger of Ashford and St. Peter’s hospitals, the reconfiguration of clinical services across the two sites and the merger talks with Frimley. Mike has contributed greatly to the Trust’s rise from a zero star rating to 3 star status and the subsequent financial turnaround programme. Mike played a large part in laying the groundwork for the Trust’s Foundation Trust Application and is now leading a programme on organisational transformation.
	Raj Bhamber, Director of Workforce and Organisational Development Raj Bhamber graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in 1986 and was awarded an MSc in Human Resources Leadership in 2005. She has enjoyed a wide variety of roles in pharmacy, cable television, banking, the Manpower Services Commission and the Hotel and Catering Training Board. Raj has held a number of Board level workforce and organisational development appointments in both the NHS (acute, health authority and primary care) and Further Education as well as a secondment opportunity at the Department of Health. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; the Law and Business Faculties at Kingston University and is an Ambassador of the Public Appointments Network for the Government’s Equalities Office. Raj was the Project Director for the Monitor [independent regulator] phase of the Foundation Trust application.
	John Headley, Director of Finance and Information John Headley has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Following several years in finance roles in the Life Insurance sector in the UK and in Spain, John worked for 13 years in Bupa, initially in its Spanish subsidiary Sanitas and subsequently as Finance Director of Bupa International where he was based in Brighton. John is married with two children and joined Ashford & St Peter’s in January 2009.
	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
	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 holds an MA in Defence Studies and was responsible for developing the Nursing Services Strategy in her role as Deputy to the Defence Nursing Adviser at the Ministry of Defence.

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.