Board of Directors Non Executive Directors Beatrice Fraenkel Chairman Appointed 1 December 2008, Beatrice s terms ends 3 November 2019. Beatrice is an ergonomist and industrial designer. She is Director of Sandown Property Company Ltd and Sandown Property Holding Company Ltd (1977 to date) which she set up and developed into a successful privately owned group of commercial property companies. She has worked with a wide range of public, private and voluntary sector partners to deliver for and with their local communities, managing a budget of 100 million. Beatrice is also a She is Special Advisor to the Care Quality Commission). She was previously Chair of the Architects Registration Board (until July 2016) and a Liverpool City Councillor from 1986 to 2017, specialising in regeneration and economic development; the Chair of the Ropewalks Partnership (Liverpool), a public/private 100 million regeneration scheme; the Independent Chair of the North West Regional Centre of Excellence. Beatrice was also previously the Chair of South Liverpool PCT, Cosmopolitan Housing Association and Non-Executive Group Board Director, Chair of the Liverpool City Council Standards Committee and served as a Non-Executive Director on the Standards Board for England (DCLG appointment). Chair of the Board of Directors, the Council of Governors and the Remuneration and Terms of Service Committee. 1
Board of Directors Non Executive Directors Matt Birch Non Executive Director Matt was appointed on 5 September 2012 and his term ends 31 August 2020. Since September 2017 he has been the Trading Executive at Central England Cooperative Limited. Prior to this he held various roles at Sainsbury s Supermarkets Ltd including Director of Commercial Operations (2015-2017), Director of Retail and Property Finance (2014-15), Regional Manager (2012-14), Director of Assets and Estates (2010-12) reporting to the Property Director, responsible for sales and corporate portfolio. Previously he was Operations Director for Sainsbury s Property Investments (2007-10) and Property Director for Tchibo GB Limited (2005-07). He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Chair of the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee. Member of the Remuneration Committee. Dr Murray Freeman Non Executive Director Murray was appointed on 8 May 2018 and his term ends on 7 May 2021. Murray has been a GP in Wirral since 1981. As well as being a GP has been involved in a whole range of NHS organisations, committees and activities including: Special Adviser Care Quality Commission (2014 present) Clinical Investigator NHS England (March 2018 present) Non Executive Director Wirral Community NHS Foundation rust (2012-2108) GP Executive Board Member Wirral Health Commissioning Consortium (2010-2012) Lead for Cancer & End of Life Care NHS Wirral / Merseyside & Cheshire Cancer Care Network (1999 2002) Medical Director Wirral Community Healthcare NHS Trust (1994 1996) Member of the Quality Assurance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Liverpool Community Services Transition Sub Committee. 2
Board of Directors Non Executive Directors Gaynor Hales Non Executive Director Gaynor was appointed on 23 May 2017 and her terms ends on 22 May 2020. Now a management consultant, until 2017 Gaynor was Regional Director of Nursing (North) at NHS Improvement and from October 2014 to March 2016 was Nurse Director (North) at the NHS Trust Development Authority. Prior to this she was Director of Nursing & Quality at NHS England s Merseyside Area Team (including a secondment as Portfolio Director for Specialised Commissioning) (2013 2014) and from 2002 to 2013 held the roles of Interim Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive / Director of Nursing & Quality and Director of Nursing Quality & Environment at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust. Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee. 3
Board of Directors Non Executive Directors Gerry O Keeffe Vice Chair and Senior Independent Director Gerry was appointed on 18 April 2013 and his term ends on 14 April 2020 (previously a non-voting member from December 2012). Currently retired, he worked for CSC from 2000 until 2014 and was their Chief Operating Officer from 2011, reporting to the CEO for UK & Ireland, responsible for ensuring P&L, Client Satisfaction and revenue growth were delivered by all parts of the business. Other roles at CSC included Head of UK Healthcare Business Unit (2007-11), Vice President of the NHS Account (2006-07), New Business Capture Executive (2005-06) and Chief Operating Officer National Grid Account (2003-05). He has lifetime experience of working in information technology and consulting businesses, strong business profit and loss experience in many complex global companies, leadership experience managing large teams in both UK and international companies and executive leadership experience of large transformational programmes to meet changing business needs. Member of the Audit Committee, the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Chairs the Mental Health Act Managers Sub Committee and the Liverpool Community Services Transition Sub Committee. Nick Williams Non Executive Director Nick was appointed on 1 January 2014 and his term ends on 31 December 2019. Currently Consumer Digital Director of Lloyds Banking Group (2014-present), reporting to the Managing Director of Products and a member of the Executive Committee, accountable for changes management. Previously he was Product Change Director, Lloyds Banking Group (2011-2014) responsible for ongoing investment in business and driving strategic growth, Business Integration Director, Lloyds Banking Group (2009-11), responsible for integrating Europe s largest mortgage business, an asset portfolio of 350bn and Head of Infrastructure, Halifax Bank of Scotland (2006-09). He is also a Non Executive Director of Halifax Share Dealing Ltd. He has a Masters degree in chemical engineering. Member of the Audit Committee, the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee and the Remuneration Committee. 4
Board of Directors Non Executive Directors Pamela Williams Non Executive Director Pamela was appointed on 15 June 2015 and her terms ends 14 June 2020. Pamela was previously a Non Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee and the Finance and Investment Committee at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust (since July 2014). She began her local government career with North Shropshire District Council, where she qualified as an accountant and became a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. She then held various posts with a variety of Councils and during this time she achieved membership of the Chartered Management Institute and SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives). She was, until her recent retirement, Executive Director of Finance at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (2007-15). She is a member of the Greater Manchester Association of Metropolitan Treasurers, Treasurer to North West Employers organisation and a member and Honorary Auditor to the Society of Municipal Treasurers. Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee. 5
Board of Directors Executive Directors Joe Rafferty Chief Executive Appointed in September 2012. Before coming to Mersey Care Joe held the post of Director of Commissioning Support at the NHS Commissioning Board, having national responsibility for the design and delivery of a significant component of the commissioning side reforms outlined in the White Paper: Liberating the NHS. Prior to this, he was seconded from the Chief Executive role at NHS Central Lancashire, to become the Director of Commissioning Development for NHS North West, with a remit to lead the development of commissioning reforms across the North West of England From 2007 to 2010 he was the Chief Executive of NHS Central Lancashire, with an annual commissioning budget of 750m. During tenure, NHS Central Lancashire became the most improved PCT in the North West and one of the most improved in England, according to the World Class Commissioning national assessment. Joe was the Regional Director of Commissioning and Strategy for NHS North West from 2006-2008. Other Board-level roles have included Director of Performance in Cumbria and Lancashire SHA and Director of System Reform at Bolton Hospital NHS Trust. Prior to these roles he was part of the team that set up Greater Manchester SHA. Joe joined the NHS in 1999 as a National Trainee on the NHS General Management Training Scheme and previously worked at a post-doctoral level as a team leader in molecular genetics at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research in Manchester and before that at Strangeway s Research Laboratory in Cambridge. Chair of the Executive Committee. 6
Board of Directors Non Voting Directors Trish Bennett Executive Director of Nursing and Operations Trish was appointed as voting member of the Board on 1 March 2018, previously being the Director of Integration from 1 August 2016 (a non-voting member of the Board). Trish has worked in the NHS for over 30 years in various nursing leadership positions in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester in both provider and commissioning roles and joined Mersey Care from NHS England, were she was the Director of Nursing for the Lancashire & Greater Manchester Sub Region responsible for professional nurse leadership, oversight and leadership to safeguarding adults and children, clinical leadership to the transformation service change programmes. In her previous roles Trish has been responsible for the professional leadership of the Merseyside nursing workforce. She was also responsible for service improvement, incorporating quality and safety, safeguarding, resilience and emergency planning, continuing healthcare, equality and diversity, Choose and Book, children s commissioning, mental health, urgent care, dementia, offender health and substance misuse. Member of the Executive Committee, the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee, the Quality Assurance Committee and the Liverpool Community Services Transition Sub Committee. 7
Board of Directors Executive Directors Elaine Darbyshire Executive Director of Communications and Corporate Governance Elaine was appointed to the Trust in June 2013 From 2014-15 she was seconded 2 days a week to the Department of Health as the Deputy Director of Communications for the Prime Minister s Dementia Challenge. Before joining Mersey Care she held the post of Director of NHS Communications at NHS England (North, Midlands & East England). From 2011-2012 she was the Director of Communications for NHS North of England, covering the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber areas of England. From 2009-2011 she was the Director of Strategic Communications of NHS North West. Prior to joining the NHS in 2009, she worked for Guardian Media Group s Regional Division for 22 years in a number of posts including Marketing Director, Communications and Public Affairs Director. She was a NED at East Cheshire NHS Trust (2007-2009).. Member of the Executive Committee, the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee and the Liverpool Community Services Transition Sub Committee. Dr David Fearnley Medical Director Appointed as the Medical Director in August 2005. Deputy Chief Executive (2007-10). Since 2016, Chair of NHS England s Adult Secure Clinical Reference Group and NHS England s Associate National Director for Secure Mental Health. David qualified in 1993 (University of Wales College of Medicine), and undertook basic psychiatric training; joined the higher forensic psychiatry training scheme in 1998, working in high and medium secure units. He was appointed as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Ashworth Hospital in 2001. Clinical Director of Mental Health Services and then Associate Medical Director at Ashworth Hospital. He has been the Royal College of Psychiatrists Special Advisor on Appraisal since 2009 and was awarded Royal College of Psychiatrists Psychiatrist of the Year 2009. David chaired the North West Mental Health Care Pathways Group (2009/10) and has been a Board Member Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA) since 2011. Member of the Executive Committee and Quality Assurance Committee. 8
Board of Directors Executive Directors Neil Smith Executive Director of Finance / Deputy Chief Executive Appointed September 2004, Neil assumed the Deputy Chief Executive portfolio in 2013. Neil was previously the Executive Director of Finance and Performance, Mersey Care NHS Trust (2004-2013). He was a Regional Finance Trainee (1985-1989) and his previous roles have been Senior Finance Manager roles in acute and community hospitals (1989-1992), Chief Financial Planner at Liverpool Health Authority (1992-1995), Deputy Director of Finance at Sefton Health Authority (1995-2000), Director of Finance at Sefton Health Authority (2000-2001), National Finance Lead High Secure Services at the Department of Health (2001-2002) and Head of Finance and Performance Management at Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT (2002-2004). He is a Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Qualified Accountant. Member of the Executive Committee and the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee. 9
Board of Directors Executive Directors Amanda Oates Executive Director of Workforce Amanda was appointed in August 2013, initially as a non voting member of the Board, prior to her appointment in January 2015 as Executive Director of Workforce. She has previous experience as HR Director at two other NHS trusts and as board director since 2008. She delivered significant improvements in HR and L&D and led the team to win the national HR team of the year at the 2013 HPMA Awards at the Walton Centre NHS FT. Amanda spearheaded a regional Health and Wellbeing initiative through the development of the NHS Games, and gained recognition both regionally, winning the Health and Wellbeing Leader Award at the NHS Leadership Academy Awards in 2012, and nationally, as the HR Director of the Year 2018 at the HPMA awards in 2018. She is an elected member of the Cheshire and Merseyside Local Workforce Education Group and a member of the HR Network Chairs group. She joined the NHS in 1998 from the private sector as a Graduate Trainee. Member of the Executive Committee, the Performance, Investment & Finance Committee, the Quality Assurance Committee and the Liverpool Community Services Transition Sub Committee 10
Board of Directors Non Voting Directors Louise Edwards Director of Strategy Louise was appointed in November 2012 and was made a non-voting member of the Board from 1 September 2015. She is an experienced Board level strategist and leader who has a track record of achievement in leading change in both NHS commissioning and provider organisations, policy development, and service improvement across the public sector. She has extensive experience at both strategic and operational levels in the NHS, having had Board level roles in primary care trusts and NHS trusts with responsibility for strategy and planning, organisational development, communications, patient and public involvement and partnership development. Louise has also worked on strategy and commissioning development for strategic health authorities, and on commissioning assurance for the NHS Commissioning Board (now NHS England). Prior to joining the NHS in 2005, Louise had leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector and was an academic at Manchester University. This varied experience across health, social care and government has enabled her to develop a strong network and deep insight into strategic change in the health service, in national government and local government, and health care improvement in partnership with other sectors. Member of the Executive Committee and attends the Performance, Investment and Finance Committee. 11