Members of the Trust Board

John joined the Trust on 1 April 2008. He brings with him a wealth of leadership experience after a distinguished career in the Navy where he rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and became the first chief executive of the Naval Bases and Supply Agency.

After 36 years in the Navy John joined the defence company British Aerospace (latterly BAE Systems) where he was their chief Naval Advisor for 8 years. He is an Associate of Group4Securicor and Chair of ITT Defence Ltd and its Spanish subsidiary ITT Defense Espana. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, sitting on its Proactive Membership Committee and recently chaired a study into “ICT for the UK’s Future”. He is a Council Member of the University of Southampton.

Gareth is a customer management consultant, having set up and run three marketing operations and rolled out a customer-centric business model across six European countries.

Now specialising in the management of corporate change affecting customers, Gareth has managed customer-facing teams, developed new customer solutions, and reengineered distribution for a major international group in the UK, Switzerland and France.

Being active in causes which help to give people power over their own lives, Gareth has held national roles in Amnesty International, and been deputy chairman of a health service public forum. He is currently a trustee of One Community, a major charity providing care, transport and voluntary sector services in the region.

As chair of the Charitable Funds committee, Gareth oversees the governance of the planned expansion of our associated charity. He also contributes his particular expertise on membership and public involvement, and the market-orientation required for transition to a more competitive NHS market. 

Nick graduated with first class honours in Civil Engineering from Leeds University and completed a Ph.D in Fluid Mechanics at the same institution. After a short career as a consulting engineer he joined IBM in 1977.

Nick has held several senior executive roles at IBM culminating in running their European Printing Systems Division.  He was also senior vice president for service at Danka Europe.

Nick has an outstanding track record of delivering business growth through achieving high levels of customer satisfaction along with a balanced financial performance. Within the Trust Nick focuses on strategy and business performance with particular interest in the business development and IT strategy.

Lena started her professional career as a lecturer for further and higher Education, rapidly moving into education management shortly after qualifying to become one of the youngest managers in the UK of a government-funded independent training organisation. She brings corporate governance skills as independent member of Hampshire Police Authority, through her time as governor and chair of the board of Southampton City College, and in her current trustee roles at Wheatsheaf Trust and The Hampshire and IOW Community Foundation. She runs a media and PR business as well as working locally in Southampton at BBC Radio Solent.

Peter Hollins graduated in Chemistry from Hertford College, Oxford. Joining ICI in 1973, he undertook a series of increasingly senior roles in marketing and then general management. Following three years in the Netherlands as general manager of ICI Resins BV, he was in 1992, appointed chief operating officer of EVC in Brussels, a joint venture between ICI and Enichem of Italy. He played a key role in the flotation of the company in 1994, returning in 1998 to the UK as chief executive officer of British Energy where he remained until 2001.

From 2001 onwards he held various chairmanships and non-executive directorships. In 2003 he decided to return to an executive role and since then has been chief executive of the British Heart Foundation. 

Simon was educated in Southampton and then Oxford, graduating with a degree in Modern Languages (Italian and French).  He is a qualified chartered accountant, having spent most of his career with the London office of Ernst & Young, where he specialised first in audit, then transactions and finally risk management.  He was a partner with Ernst & Young from 1994 to 2010.

He joined the Trust Board on 1 January 2011 as a designate non-executive director and became non-executive director and chair of the Audit and Assurance Committee from 1 June 2011.  His professional interests include public healthcare and social housing, personal interests in golf, walking and cycling.  He divides his time between homes in London and Romsey.

Iain Cameron is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. After graduating in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, he underwent postgraduate clinical and research training in obstetrics and gynaecology, and reproductive medicine, in Edinburgh, Melbourne and Cambridge. He held the Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow from 1993 and moved to Southampton in 1999. His main clinical and research interests are reproductive endocrinology, the treatment of sub-fertility and investigation of the impact of the maternal environment on early pregnancy.

He is a member of the Scientific and Ethical Review Group, Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organisation; a member of the Executive Committee, and Chair of the Medical Staffing Sub-Committee, Medical Schools Council; and a member of the Boards of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) and the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO).

Lynne’s background is in human resource management and strategic management. She became a non-executive director for Southampton and South West Hampshire in 1996 and the vice chair in 2000. She was chair of Eastleigh and Test Valley South PCT from its inception in 2002 until its disestablishment in 2006. She has taken many roles in the local healtheEconomy including being a member of  Hampshire’s Local Area Agreement Board and nationally was a member of the NHS Confederation Council and the National NHS Leaders Steering Group.  She was until recently a course director at the University of Portsmouth and is now an organisation development consultant.

She is a trustee of the Nuffield Theatre Trust and the Brendoncare Foundation.

Mark joined the Trust as chief executive on 2 August 2004. A career NHS manager, he entered the service in 1984 through the National Graduate Management Training Scheme. Mark went to the London School of Economics. He has worked in Birmingham, London, Wales and Sutton Coldfield in general management posts. He was appointed chief executive at Birmingham Women's Hospitals NHS Trust in 1996. In 1999 be joined the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust as chief executive to help the organisation overcome various difficulties it had implementing change in the new NHS. Mark has published a range of articles which reflect his interest in leadership, strategy and human resources. He also sat on a number of national and regional groups for the NHS.  

Prior to joining the Trust, Judy was director of nursing, organisational development and assistant chief executive at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust. She has worked in the health service for many years in a variety of roles in the acute, primary care and educational settings. Qualifying as a registered adult and paediatric nurse at The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, Judy's career has covered a wide range of areas including senior clinical, management and board leadership positions. She now leads the Trust's governance and patient experience agenda and already has implemented strategies and new systems to demonstrate sustainable improvement.  

Steve joined the NHS in 1987 undertaking his registered nursing qualification at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He worked in a clinical capacity both in London and Oxford within critical care and acute medical services until 2000 before taking up a managerial role at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals culminating in the management of neurosciences and specialist surgical services. Steve moved to the Trust as divisional director of operations for specialist services in 2006 and took up the chief operating officer role in 2008.

Caspar joined the Trust in November 2008. He brings an industry background having worked as a CEO of different Shell businesses in Europe and the Middle East. He started his career in sales and marketing roles with Shell in the UK and was also deputy vice president for policy and issues for Shell globally, before he moved to Switzerland as the head of global public and government affairs for one of the world's leading agribusinesses. Caspar has an economics degree from Durham University, an INSEAD MBA, recently qualified as a chartered director and subsequently was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Directors - based on nine years board experience in Italy, Yemen and the UK. 

Michael Marsh is a consultant in paediatric intensive care. He qualified in medicine at the University of London and undertook postgraduate studies in paediatrics in Oxford and London. He undertook research on the effects of maternal smoking on fetal lung growth and development at St Thomas’. He was appointed consultant in paediatric intensive care at Guy’s Hospital in 1995 and helped establish it as a leading centre. In 1998 he became director of paediatric intensive at Southampton and led the development of the service. In 2006 he was appointed clinical lead for child health leading on the integration and modernisation of paediatric services. In 2007 he became divisional clinical director for women and children’s services. His research interests include cardiac and respiratory function in critically ill children with a particular interest in surfactant. From 2002 until 2008 he served as honorary secretary for the Paediatric Intensive Care Society providing leadership and specialist advice on children’s intensive care. 

Alastair joined the Trust in August 2007. Prior to joining the Trust he was finance director of Ordnance Survey from 2003 and prior to that vice-president, finance and administration at Computer Sciences Corporation where he worked from 1997. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Alastair initially trained and worked in public practice with Price Waterhouse. He has an economics degree and for the two years to July 2007 was also a member of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board, an independent advisory Board to HM Treasury on how financial reporting principles are applied in the public sector.

 

Jane took up the newly created Trust Board post in February 2008. Jane joined the NHS in 1987 after graduating from London University with a degree in Physical Geography. She joined the Trust in 2000 as clinical services manager for the cardiothoracic directorate after spending two years in Hertfordshire as director of performance and 11 years at Barts and the London Hospitals in various roles including planning, finance and commissioning. Most recently Jane has worked as director of performance and modernisation at the Trust. She now leads on human resources, information management and technology, improvement and modernisation.