Our board and its members

With a career spanning healthcare, publishing, construction, strategy consulting and logistics, Ian has over 40 years’ experience leading highly complex multinational companies including a number of chief executive roles.

Previously Executive Chairman of Four Seasons Health Care and Chief Executive of the General Healthcare Group, Ian has an in-depth knowledge of the healthcare system and patient needs, particularly in terms of acute, psychiatric, and elderly care. 

Ian was also Chair of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 2017 - 2019 and is currently a Non-executive Director at the Ministry of Defence.

Karen’s career in the NHS spans more than 30 years, where her extensive experience covers a breath of areas and includes Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer roles across Surrey, south west London and Manchester. 

As well as being a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Karen is also a strong advocate for tackling health inequalities, which includes her work as a trustee and volunteer for a voluntary organisation that works to tackle multiple disadvantage in east Surrey.

Having initially trained as an adult and a paediatric nurse in Brighton, Monica became one of the first nurse practitioners in the UK and was the first UK nurse to become a partner in a GP practice.

Monica has held a wide range of NHS senior management roles - including Primary Care Commissioning Manager, Associate Director in a Community Trust and Co-Director for Primary Care for the London region. She was then appointed as CEO of Education for Health, which led onto her academic career in post education and research, where she currently holds Honorary Senior Research Fellow positions at both the University of Edinburgh and Oxford University.

Monica has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to nursing and nursing education.

Michael is a fully qualified accountant with an impressive career history and is currently Chief Executive Officer at Parkers Chartered Certified Accountants.

With a strong interest in the NHS, Michael was Chairman at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for nine years and has also spent time as a Board member at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust, as well as the Food Standards Agency.

Made Commander of the British Empire in December 2010, Michael is President of the Sickle Cell Society and was also Chairman of the Royal College of Nurses Institute, as well as holding other advisory positions to the Royal College of Nurses.

Michael is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, London and an Honorary life member of the Institute of Risk Management. 

Michael chairs the Audit Committee.

Faustina is an experienced community development and engagement specialist with over 20 years’ experience in community planning and stakeholder engagement.

She has worked extensively with local authorities and district and parish councils to support community-led consultations and neighbourhood planning initiatives. Previously, Faustina served as a Senior Community Development Officer for Action in Rural Sussex and as an Associate Lay Member for NHS Brighton and Hove CCG, contributing her expertise to strengthen local voice and representation in decision-making. 

Faustina chairs the Remuneration Committee.

John has a wealth of experience of delivering complex workforce transformation programmes, with a particular interest in organisational design, culture and talent management. 

Currently an Associate Partner at management consultants Ernst and Young, John has a successful track record of Chief People officer roles, including as Group HR Director of the Home Office. As well as working with NHS Digital on their people agenda and with NHS England, John’s career also includes time working in a number of Government departments including the Cabinet Office, Home Office and the Prison Service. 

John chairs the People Committee.

Rahul is a Non-Executive Director of two housing associations. Previously, Rahul has been a Board Trustee of a national social care charity.

He has completed two terms as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Finance, Investment and Development Committee at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Rahul also has extensive experience of working in an IT career in the private sector, where he held roles as Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Senior Executive Vice President and Management Consultant. 

Rahul chairs the Finance and Performance Committee.

With over 30 years’ experience in nursing, Steve began his career in coronary care before taking on senior leadership roles across the NHS, voluntary sector, and higher education.

Steve currently serves as the Group Chief Nursing and Improvement Officer for the Bristol NHS Group, where he leads professional nursing, midwifery and allied health leadership.

Committed to safety and compassion and a champion of inclusion, quality improvement, and the power of professional and patient voice in shaping excellent care, Steve was admitted to The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in 2011 for his service to St John Ambulance, and he was awarded an MBE for services to nursing in the 2022 New Year Honours. Steve is a Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England.

Steve chairs the Integrated Assurance Committee.

Dr Charlotte Canniff has been a senior Clinical Leader in the Surrey system for over a decade. Originally Clinical Chair of North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group and, more latterly, of NHS Surrey Heartlands from its inception in April 2020, Charlotte is passionate about clinical and professional leadership and engagement.

A true clinical leader, Charlotte has supported the development of system-wide clinical networks, enabling them to thrive as active, multi-professional networks with a strong voice.

A senior partner at a large GP practice in North West Surrey, Charlotte is passionate about high quality, accessible primary care with a special interest in women’s health, paediatrics (particularly neurodiversity and child and adolescent mental health) and in managing complex frailty and end of life care. 

A Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (and the Trust’s previous Medical Director), Andrew is also an Honorary Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at St George’s University of London.

Andrew has research interests in the fields of haemodynamics, surgical outcomes, sepsis and antibiotic delivery. He is widely published in these areas and is regularly invited to lecture on these subjects all around the world.

Andrew has held leadership roles at both a national and an international level. He is a past president of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and has held elected positions on the Council of both the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) and the Intensive Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He is a non-Executive Director at Croydon University Hospitals NHS trust and vice-chair of Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance charity.

Allison qualified as a nurse in 1992 and in June 2022 she was appointed as Chief Nursing Officer for NHS Sussex.  Previously, Allison was the Chief Nurse for all seven Clinical Commissioning Groups in Sussex.

Before working in commissioning, Allison held Senior Nursing leadership roles in acute provider organisations.  Allison has experience and clinical expertise in a wide variety of portfolios, including quality, safety, safeguarding and patient experience.  Allison is passionate about leadership in the NHS and was awarded the Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholarship in 2017.

Clare has over 26 years’ experience working in NHS finance, beginning as a national graduate finance management trainee, and working across a variety of NHS organisations including the community, mental health and the acute sector.

Clare’s first substantive Chief Finance Officer role was at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, before joining Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust as Director of Finance ahead of their merger with West Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2021. Before joining NHS Surrey Heartlands as Chief Finance Officer, Clare was Chief Finance Officer at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

With over two decades of NHS experience, Mark has held senior leadership roles across acute and integrated care systems, most recently in NHS Sussex where he was previously interim CEO and, prior to that, Chief People Officer.

Before his time in Sussex, he served as Chief People Officer for the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group, where he oversaw workforce transformation across both Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Amy originally trained as a radiographer and has held senior healthcare roles leading healthcare strategy, policy and Integrated Care System development, including at NHS England and Improvement, the Department of Health and The King’s Fund.

Amy has worked in the Sussex system since 2020, where her portfolios have included primary and community care, urgent care commissioning and transformation, digital, data and technology, amongst other areas. 

Claudia has worked in the NHS for over 15 years and has held a number of senior roles, including Director of Performance and Improvement in NHS England’s South East region.  

Claudia has a background in medical science and holds a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Medical Physics from the University of Bristol. Claudia is also a qualified accountant and spent a number of years working in KPMG’s transaction services department before joining the NHS.

Indiana is joint Chief People and Culture Officer (in partnership with NHS Kent and Medway).

Prior to joining NHS Sussex in April 2023 as Deputy Chief People Officer and Director of People, Indiana worked for Health Education England and NHS England as the National Head of Transition and National Head of Workforce Transformation (respectively), where she worked on the merger of NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital and wider workforce transformation. Indiana also previously worked for NHS Surrey Heartlands and Surrey County Council.