Trust Board Executive Directors Jacqueline Totterdell, RGN, RSCN, BSc (Hons), MBA Chief Executive Jacqueline joined Southend University Hospital in February 2011. A children's nurse specialising in paediatric intensive care, she started her management career at the Leeds General Infirmary. After a stint as a general manager at the Children's Hospital in Birmingham, she joined the Modernisation Agency where she supported Trusts in difficulty throughout the West Midlands and beyond. Through her work in London, she was appointed to the role of director of modernisation and later director of performance at Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital in North London. For the five years prior to Jacqueline's appointment in Southend, she was the chief operating officer and deputy chief executive at the Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge. During this time she was credited with moving Hillingdon from mid table performance to a Trust deemed excellent within London. With 30 years experience within the NHS, Jacqueline is committed to continuing the drive for 'Southend Excellence', working collaboratively with our partners and supporting our staff to fulfill their potential.
Sue Hardy, RGN, RM, MSc Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Nurse Sue joined the Trust in April 2011 from Northampton General Hospital, where she was director of nursing, midwifery and patient services. She qualified as a nurse in 1984 and as a midwife in 1989, and went on to become head of midwifery at Yeovil District Hospital and director of nursing at Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust. During her career she has worked at a number of hospitals around the UK, and has extensive experience in quality management and leading organisational cultural change. Sue is a committed champion for delivering a positive patient experience, and is dedicated to ensuring that our patients continue to receive the best possible care in a safe environment. Brian Shipley, CPFA Director of Finance Brian started his career in local government in 1971, qualified as an accountant in 1977 and progressed to be an assistant director of finance with the London Borough of Newham. This was followed by a spell as a finance director in the private sector and a period as a management consultant. Brian joined the NHS in 1991 as director of finance and deputy chief executive for Essex Ambulance Service. This role included the diversification of the organisation's services, including NHS Direct and a shared service, project managing the implementation of the new ambulance standards and the creation of the air ambulance charity. Prior to joining Southend University Hospital in September 2005, Brian spent three years at Dartford and Gravesham Trust as finance director. His main achievements there were refinancing and negotiating a variation to the PFI scheme as well as enhancing the reputation and standing within the Trust of the finance function. Brian is keen to continue to maximise the benefit of Foundation status for Southend University Hospital, and work with all staff to ensure the Trust maintains its financial standing as the public sector funding reductions impact.
Sandra Le Blanc, JP, MBA, FCIPD, Pg Dip HRM Director of Human Resources A Human Resources professional with over 25 years' experience, Sandra joined the NHS and Southend University Hospital in 2004 as Head of HR Operations and was appointed Director of Human Resources in 2006. Prior to working at Southend, Sandra spent two years at construction giant Balfour Beatty and, prior to that, 12 years with the Prudential - latterly at PruTech - where she was responsible for the introduction of a number of innovative HR strategies and practices. Sandra is also a Magistrate, having been appointed to the Bench in 2006. Sandra is passionate about Human Resources and is committed to Southend delivering excellent patient care by staff who feel supported and valued. Rupert Wainwright Chief Operating Officer Rupert joined the Trust in October 2011 as interim director of operations and was recently appointed to the post of chief operating officer. He has a background in private sector project management with performance and information experience in money markets, stock broking and telecoms. Rupert has worked with the NHS since 2002, providing support to the Department of Health as well as strategic health authorities and primary care trusts.
Neil Rothnie, MS, FRCS Medical Director Neil qualified as a doctor from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London in 1981. He undertook postgraduate surgical training in and around London, including a stint as a surgical registrar at Southend Hospital in the 1980's. A period in cancer research at Bristol Royal Infirmary and The Royal Free Hospital led to the award of a Master of Surgery degree from the University of London. He was a senior registrar at St. Bartholomew's Hospital prior to his appointment as a consultant general surgeon at Southend Hospital in 1994. Neil established the specialist breast unit at Southend and developed the 'open access' hernia service. He is the director of screening for South Essex Breast Screening Service and lead clinician for breast services. He has spent 16 years as the surgical lead to the Regional Quality Assurance team for the NHS Breast Screening Programme and has chaired the National Breast Screening Audit for the last five years. Neil was appointed as medical director in December 2012. Iain McMillan Commercial Director Iain joined the Board in July 2012 to develop the commercial agenda of the Trust. An experienced Board Director, his track record includes various sectors including retail, financial services and healthcare in both public and private contexts. His healthcare experience spans a broad spectrum of models including provision via hospital, clinic and domiciliary environments. With a strong commercial background Iain has developed joint ventures, delivered organisation rejuvenation and corporate turnaround working with multi-disciplined teams to deliver challenging results. Iain has also delivered innovative solutions that have increased the capacity to care and "built in" efficiency. He has also developed low cost business models to facilitate market entry and development. Committed to the delivery of excellent care, Iain will be developing revenue streams to support the Trust's mission of delivering excellent quality of healthcare.
Colin Cadwallader Interim Director of Estates & Facilities (non-voting board director) Colin joined the Trust in May 2012 from the private sector where he worked for a global company and was responsible for on-site FM Service Solutions for the UK, delivered to prestigious and high profile private and public sector clients including hospital and critical care PFI services, alongside defence, education, production and engineering, commercial and domestic environments. Prior to this, Colin worked for the NHS for nearly 28 years in a number of roles and organisations in the acute sector, gaining a wealth of strategic and senior management experience, which included being a member of the team gaining firstwave trust status and subsequently serving as Executive Director for Estates and Facilities and a Trust Board member. Colin is committed to delivering service excellence, and ensuring that our patients are treated in the best possible environment.
Non-executive Directors Alan Tobias, OBE Chair Alan joined us in December 2011 from his former position of chairman at West Essex PCT. He is a qualified solicitor with a strong record of senior management, both in the public and private sector. For 16 years he was the London boroughs' chief executive and latterly chairman of an IT company. Alan, who lives in Buckhurst Hill, was also chairman of Essex Probation Service for six years and a board member of Springboard Housing Association as well as a trustee to two charitable trusts. He is a member of the nominations committee. Peter Little, BA (Hons) Peter has held a number of board level appointments over some 15 years. These have been predominantly at managing director/chief executive level within the telecommunications industry. Prior to that, he worked in financial services, publishing and food businesses. Highly numerate with a degree in business studies, his background is in management services and operations. He is experienced in corporate financial matters, due diligence, contracts and has held non-executive roles, particularly in a multinational joint ventures setting. Peter is a member of the audit committee, nomination committee and chair of the remuneration committee.
Fred Heddell, CBE A former teacher of children with learning disabilities, Fred was formerly director of education for the charity Mencap and then chief executive, working alongside the comedian and campaigner Brian Rix. Since then he has acted as treasurer of Inclusion International, travelling to Africa, Eastern Europe and Central America to help develop inclusive services for people with disability. The last three years have seen Fred work with the SHA as an independent member of its competition panel. He is a member of the remuneration, quality assurance and charitable funds committees. David Parkins, FCA David is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has held a number of senior finance roles in the banking sector. Following a period as finance director with Mortgage Express, part of the Lloyds TSB Group, he was finance director for lending and savings with the Bradford and Bingley group. David has had executive responsibility for audit, and experience of corporate governance, joint ventures, treasury and management control systems. He took over the chairmanship of the hospital's audit committee at the beginning of 2007. He is married with two grown-up children and lives near Colchester, where he is treasurer and trustee of Headway Essex, a charity that helps people who have suffered brain injury and their families. As well as chairing the audit committee, David is a member of the quality assurance, remuneration, nomination and charitable funds committees.
Mike Green, BSc (Econ), FCA Mike joined the board in November 2010 replacing Glyn Jones. He also sits on the audit committee, the quality assurance committee and the charitable funds committee. Mike qualified as a chartered accountant with what is now KPMG and spent 11 years with the audit practice before a 20-year career in the broadcast media industry. He held senior finance roles at TVS Television Limited and Carlton Communications plc and was involved in the Carlton/Granada merger which formed ITV plc. Following the merger, Mike moved to ITV and ultimately held the role of deputy group finance director. He now acts as a business consultant and is also currently the independent member on the audit committee of the Metropolitan Housing Partnership, a charitable housing association with 35,000 homes in London and the Midlands; a director of the Sports Council Trust Company, a sports charity which provides community sporting facilities at the three national sports centres and a member of the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board. As well as chairing the charitable funds committee, Mike is a member of the audit, remuneration, quality assurance and policy review committees. Dr Qadir Bakhsh, MBE Qadir has a wealth of experience across a number of voluntary sector organisations and is a published author and researcher with a PhD in social psychology. Tony Le Masurier Tony's background is in the aviation and travel industry and he acted as interim chief officer for Southend Association of Voluntary Services (SAVS) for three years. He is currently a primary school governor, a local magistrate and the chairman of a local care home charity. Tim Young Tim has more than six years' experience in the health sector and has been on the board of Essex Probation Service for the past seven years. He is chairman of a housing association and a Colchester Borough councillor.