Members of the Trust Board

Craig Black

Interim Chief executive

Previous experience:

• Executive director of resources at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Deputy CEO
• Former director of commissioning, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Former deputy director of finance, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

Qualifications:

• BA (Hons) Economics, University of Leeds
• Program for leadership development, Harvard Business School

Dr Paul Molyneux

Medical director

Experience:

• Consultant in neurology at West Suffolk and Cambridge University Hospitals
• Former clinical director for specialist medicine at West Suffolk Hospital
• Former secondary care specialist, North East Essex CCG 

Qualifications:

• BSc in clinical pharmacology, University of London 
• MBBS, United Medical and Dental Schools, London 
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
• MD from University of London
• Advanced diploma in clinical hypnosis, stress management and communication skills, Birmingham City University

Sue Wilkinson

Chief nurse

Experience:

• Clinical nurse specialist – colorectal surgery
• Divisional head of nursing – surgery at Cambridge University Hospitals
• Assistant director of nursing – Cambridge University Hospitals
• Deputy director of nursing East and North Hertfordshire acute trust

Qualifications:

• Registered nurse
• BSc health care studies – including advanced practice and non medical prescribing.
• MSc – health care management and leadership

Nicola Cottington

Chief operating officer

Experience:

• Deputy Chief Operating officer at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Associate Director of Operations roles at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Essex Hospital Trust
• Assistant Director roles at Suffolk Community Healthcare and Bromley Healthcare

Qualifications:

• NHS Leadership Academy Award in Executive Healthcare Leadership (Nye Bevan programme)
• MSc Innovation and Leadership in Health and Social care
• BSc (Hons) Nursing (Registered Nurse)

Nick Macdonald

Executive director of resources 

Current experience: 

• A director of the Collaborative Procurement Partnership

Previous experience:

• Former Deputy Director of Finance, West Suffolk Hospital N HS FT
• Former Head of Financial Management, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Qualifications:

• FCCA (Fellow of the Associate of Chartered Certified Accountants)
• Strategic Financial Leadership Programme (CASS Business School)

Jeremy Over

Executive director of workforce and communications

Experience:

• Former chair, NHS Employers medical workforce forum
• Former director of workforce, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Twenty years within people management and development roles in the NHS
• Has held executive roles since 2014 at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) Geography 
• Postgraduate diploma in human resource management
• Fellow, chartered institute of personnel and development
• NHS Leadership Academy Nye Bevan programme

Jude Chin

Chair

Current experience:

• Chair, The Schools Network
• Vice chair, Academies Enterprise Trust
• Vice chair, Seckford Foundation

Previous experience:

• Vice chair, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
• Partner, KPMG

Additional responsibilities

• Chair, improvement committee
• Member, remuneration committee
• Member, charitable funds committee

Alan Rose

Non-executive director

Current experience:

• Board member, Anglia Ruskin University 

Previous experience:

• Royal Dutch Shell, various marketing and logistics roles (8 years)
• Booz Allen & Hamilton (strategy consultants), partner in USA and UK (12 years)
• York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust - NED and chairman (9 years)
• Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust - chairman 

Qualifications:

• B.Commerce, University of Edinburgh 
• MBA, Columbia University

Responsibilities:

• Deputy chair
• Chair, involvement committee
• Chair, remuneration committee
• Member, audit committee
• Member, charitable funds committee
• Member, clinical excellence and discretionary awards committee

Dr Richard Davies

Non-executive director

Current experience:

• Senior independent director 
• General Practitioner since 1992
• Sub Dean, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine

Previous experience:

• Director of GP Studies, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine

Qualifications:

• BMBCh, MA, MSc, MRCP, AHEA

Responsibilities:

• Senior independent Director
• Board freedom to speak up guardian 
• Maternity and neonatal safety champion 
• Chair, insight committee
• Member, future system board 
• Member, remuneration committee
• Member, audit committee
• Member, charitable funds committee 

Louisa Pepper

Non-executive director

Previous experience:

• Assistant chief constable protective services and justice
• Head of criminal justice
• Local policing commander Ipswich

Qualifications:

• CMI level 7 in strategic management and leadership

Responsibilities

• Member, remuneration committee
• Member, audit committee
• Member, charitable funds committee
• Lead for pathology services