About the Trust

About our Region

Annual Reports

Audit Committee

Board of Directors

Council of Governors

Declarations of Compliance

Equality & Diversity

Quality Accounts

Trust Structure

Trust Board of Directors

There is close co-operation between the directors of the Trust and the governors to allow directors to appreciate the views of governors and members. In particular, directors routinely attend the meetings of the Council of Governors. In addition, all sub groups of the Council of Governors have at least one non-executive director member whose remit includes informing the board of the discussions which have taken place and the decisions made.

Chairman and Chief Executive
	Dr Jim Whittingham Chairman Jim was born and brought up in Scunthorpe. He studied at the University of Sheffield and was awarded a PhD in 1979. He subsequently worked in IT in vehicle leasing before joining the University of Humberside in Hull. Jim undertook a wide range of management roles with the university including in finance, HR, registry, student services, MIS and IT before being appointed as a Pro Vice Chancellor in 1996. As Pro Vice Chancellor Jim took a leading role in the establishment of the University of Lincoln and the development of the university’s new Brayford Pool campus in Lincoln. Jim left the university in March 2008 in order to move into interim management.
	Karen Jackson Chief Executive Karen Jackson, who has worked in the NHS since 1993, took up her position as Director of Finance, Information and Performance in August 2008. She started her career in the NHS at Leeds Teaching Hospital as Chief Financial Accountant then Assistant Director. Her previous post was as Deputy Director of Finance at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Karen is a qualified Chartered Accountant and did her initial training at KPMG. In her spare time she is involved with a number of NHS charities as the national treasurer on a voluntary basis.
Executive Directors
	Dr. Liz Scott Medical Director Liz joined Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Trust in March 2006 as Medical Director. Prior to joining the Trust, Liz was the Head of the No Delays team in the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. Liz qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School in 1982. She pursued a career in Public Health, with Consultant and Director posts in Hertfordshire, Northern & Yorkshire Region (during which time she led the Leeds Review of Acute Hospital Services) and Leeds. She then became the Implementation Director for the 2003 Consultant Contract in England.
	Mike Rocke Director of Finance, Planning & Performance
	Angie Smithson Director of Operations Angie Smithson was appointed to the post of Director of Service & Business Development in January 2009 having previously held the post of Divisional Manager, Family Services. Angie qualified from Cambridge & Huntingdon School of Nursing in 1989 and held a variety of nursing posts in London hospitals before moving into general management roles, including a brief spell in the private sector. She was General Manager for the RNTNE Division at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust before moving home to Lincolnshire in 2004.
	Nigel Myhill Director of Facilities and Information Nigel Myhill was appointed Director of Facilities Management in January 2009. His previous post was Director of Estates and Facilities at Barnsley PCT, having previously worked for the National Blood Service and Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust. Nigel has also spent time in the private sector, with Center Parcs and Anglian Water PLC.
	Pete Wisher Director of Therapeutics and Diagnostics Pete Wisher was appointed as the Director of Diagnostics and Therapeutics in May 2011 having previously undertaken the role of Path Links Divisional General Manager since 2001. Pete is a qualified Biomedical Scientist having started in the NHS in 1979 and specialising in Haematology and Transfusion Science. He moved to Grimsby Hospital from Hull in 1985 and became the Pathology Manager in 1993. He has since undertaken a variety of roles including the development of the Path Links Pathology Service which has brought together all the Pathology Services across greater Lincolnshire and acted as Project Director for the Foundation Trust application between 2005 and 2007.
	Dr. Karen Dunderdale Chief Nurse Karen Dunderdale was born and brought up in Scunthorpe. She qualified as a Nurse in 1991 where she worked as a Staff Nurse on a General Medical Ward before moving to Coronary Care. In 1996 she became a Cardiac Nurse Specialist developing Cardiac Rehabilitation and Heart Failure Services. She has contributed substantially to the development of Cardiac Nursing within the region and raised expectation nationally. Karen has held the position of Secretary to the British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Vice-Chair of the South Humber Research Ethics Committee. Karen attained her PhD in Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure in 2007 from York University. She has gone on to present her work to a variety of audiences both orally and in print. More recently Karen has held the position of Assistant Director of Nursing focusing on the Grimsby site before becoming the Chief Nurse in 2011.
	Dr. Neil Pease Director of Organisational Development and Workforce Dr. Neil Pease has worked in the NHS for approaching 20 years and has worked as a porter and healthcare assistant in this time. His first degrees were in Sports Medicine before moving in to Medical Education where he pioneered the use of clinical simulation in palliative care education. Previous senior management posts have included Head of Education and Organisational Development at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals and for the past 3 years he has been working at NHS Hull on the health inequalities agenda, linking public health based projects into wider reaching initiatives. The work Neil undertook in Hull was to consolidate the link between good health, employment and educational status. His work focused on raising aspirations in health, education and employment and working in partnership with other agencies he designed an ‘Earning and Learning’ strategy for the city. In the past year Neil has worked at Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Club as Director of Strategic Development. He has published on several themes within the literature including sports medicine, medical education and organisational development. Neil holds a Professional Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University on the subject of Organisational Development.
[No picture available]	Wendy Booth Head of Governance Wendy Booth was appointed Head of Governance & Trust Secretary in June 2008, having previously held the posts of Assistant Director - Risk Management (from 2001 to May 2008) and Trust Risk Manager (from 1997 to 2001). Prior to that she worked in a variety of administration / general management roles prior to moving in to and specialising in governance / risk management.
Non-Executive Directors All of the non-executive directors fulfil the criteria for independence as specified in the Code of Governance.
	Philip Jackson Deputy Chairman Audit Committee Member Philip has lived and worked in the area since childhood. He is a chemistry graduate and, after a varied career in the local chemical industry, started freelance health and safety consultancy work in 1999. Involved in local politics since his late teens, Philip was a member of Grimsby Borough Council and Barnoldby-le-Beck Parish Council and is currently a Conservative councillor representing Waltham on North East Lincolnshire Council. In his free time, Philip plays squash and is an active member of The Institute of Advanced Motorists.
	Michelle Wilson Audit Committee Member, Senior Independent Director Michelle lives near Goole. Currently retired, she was employed in the NHS for 27 years; her early career was at Leeds General Infirmary & St James’s University Hospital, progressing to hold Board level posts in Hull and York. She was an active member of the Institute of Health Services Management throughout her career including elected member to the National Council of the Institute representing Yorkshire. She was also a member of the British Association of Day Surgery, the Institute of Facilities management and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. Since leaving the Health Service, Michelle has been involved in voluntary work locally as Treasurer and Trustee for Home-Start Goole & District and as a volunteer advisor with Boothferry CAB. She has recently become a lay representative for the Yorkshire & Humber Deanery. Married, her hobbies include walking & scuba diving. She has no declared political activity and holds no other ministerial appointment.
	Ian Davey Audit Committee Vice-Chair Ian is a Chartered Accountant with extensive commercial experience at Senior Management level. He is Company Secretary of a privately owned group of Companies based at Scunthorpe. He was a founder Trustee of St Andrew's Hospice in Grimsby and is now Vice President. Ian is a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lincolnshire, and until retirement served as a Lay Canon of Lincoln Cathedral. He originally came from London but moved to Cleethorpes with his family in 1966. Ian's term of office ends in April 2012.
	Alan W Bell BSc. A Graduate of Durham University with Electrical Engineering qualifications acquired whilst working for BICC Plc (now Balfour Beatty) after university. He also attended the Oxford University Business Summer School in 1973. After BICC he joined Hepworth Ceramic Holdings Plc initially as Marketing Director and then Managing Director of Hepworth Industrial Plastics where he pioneered the development of uPvc windows in the UK and was also responsible for the introduction of external gas and electricity meter boxes, in British houses, made out of GRP. Following Hepworths he joined the Bowater Corporation Plc as European Marketing Director, a role which included him becoming Chairman of numerous subsidiaries in England and Germany and completing a number of company acquisitions and disposals. He then took a significant personal shareholding in a Scottish chipboard and MDF business whose fortunes he transformed in 3 years to the extent that it is now a world leader in particleboard and fibreboard technology. Alan then joined the Spring Ram Corporation Plc initially as the managing director of the new 500,000 sq ft factory in Scunthorpe later as a main board director. Moving on from there he became a major shareholder, Chairman and Chief Executive of Full Circle Industries Plc before retiring to develop a handful of smaller private businesses one of which he still owns. He is 62 years old and his personal interests include rugby union where he is an ex President of Scunthorpe RUFC , restoring classic Aston Martin cars and the rebuilding of his 18th century farmhouse in the Snowdonia National park.
	Neil Gammon During a 37 year career in the Engineer Branch of the Royal Air Force, Neil served in a dozen UK locations and in Germany and Saudi Arabia. His final post saw him commanding Royal Air Force Cosford and the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering, where he was responsible for training aeronautical engineers for the 3 Services. He left the Royal Air Force in 2009 and settled with his wife in their home in Ashby cum Fenby. Neil has an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from the University of Lincoln, for whom he works part-time on their distance learning programme and he was appointed an Independent Member of Humberside Police Authority in May 2010. Neil retains Royal Air Force links through his Presidency of both the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association and Number 866 (Immingham) Squadron of the Air Training Corps. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Chartered Management Institute, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers and enjoys travel, skiing and current affairs.