Executive Directors
Dr Richard Jenkins, Interim Chief Executive
Dr Richard
Jenkins joined the Trust on 10 February 2020 as Interim Chief Executive on a joint basis with Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where he is also Chief Executive. He is one of the few qualified and clinically active Chief Executives in the UK. He has previously been the Medical Director for two NHS provider organisations.
He has practiced medicine for over 28 years since graduating from the University of Sheffield in 1991 with an intercalated degree in virology as well as his medical degree. He was a trainee doctor in South Yorkshire until becoming a consultant in 2002, specialising in diabetes and endocrinology. During his training, he held various roles including as Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and he spent three years doing research for a Doctor of Medicine degree.
Michael Wright, Deputy Chief Executive
Michael Wright
joined the Trust on 10 February 2020 as Interim Deputy
Chief Executive and subsequently became Deputy Chief Executive on a substantive basis on 1 November 2020.
Michael has
worked across both the NHS and Department for Work and Pensions. Previous NHS
roles include being a director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Director of Finance at
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Callum Gardner, Medical Director
Dr
Callum Gardner initially joined the Trust as Interim Medical Director in September 2018, bringing a wealth of experience to the organisation. He was subsequently appointed to the substantive Medical Director role.
He is a consultant acute and general physician with a sub-specialty interest in respiratory medicine. His previous role was as Divisional Director for the Emergency and Medicine division at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, where he helped lead the division from 'requires improvement' to 'good' in the 2018 CQC inspection. He has also previously held a number of key roles, including Deputy Medical Director and Associate Medical Director: Patient Experience, and was a doctor in the Royal Navy for almost 18 years.
Helen Dobson, Chief Nurse
Helen was appointed as Interim Chief Nurse in October 2021 and subsequently appointed to the substantive Chief Nurse role. She has extensive experience, qualifying as a dual registered adult / paediatric nurse.
She previously worked at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust specialising in Paediatric Critical Care and has a significant educational background, including being a Lecturer/Practitioner at the University of Sheffield and leading national educational groups. Helen joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in November 2015 as Head of Nursing for our Surgical division. In February 2017 she was appointed as Deputy Chief Nurse.
Sally Kilgariff, Chief Operating Officer
Sally took up
the role of Chief Operating Officer in May 2022 after being the Trust’s Deputy
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Operations since November 2018.
Sally was born
and raised in Rotherham and has extensive experience in the NHS, particularly in Rotherham. She started her
career with a placement at Rotherham Hospital while at university, and began
her employment in Rotherham in 2001. She has held various managerial roles,
including Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and General Manager
roles for Medicine and Community, Surgery and UECC in Rotherham. Through
these roles she has established strong working relationships across the Trust
and with local partner organisations. Sally
has completed a Bsc (Hons) in Business and Technology and a MSc in Health
Service Management and Leadership. She completed the first cohort of the
Aspiring Chief Operating Officer Programme run by NHSE in 2019.
Steven Ned, Joint Director of Workforce
Steven
Ned joined the Trust in April 2019 as Joint Director of Workforce with Barnsley
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He was previously at Sheffield Children’s
NHS Foundation Trust where he was Director of Human Resources and Deputy Chief Executive.
Steven
has more than 30 years NHS experience and over 10 years working in senior roles
within South Yorkshire.
Steve Hackett, Director of Finance
Steve Hackett joined the Trust as Director of Finance in July 2021.
Steve has worked in the NHS since 1990 having previously worked for local acute Trusts, NHS England and primary care trusts in the area. He qualified as a Certified Accountant in 1997 and has worked as a Director of Finance in the NHS since 2001, with recent previous roles as Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH).
Non-Executive Directors
Martin Havenhand, Chairman
Martin is a very experienced Chairman and Non-Executive Director. He has
a wealth of Executive and Non-Executive experience from both the public and
private sectors and is knowledgeable and experienced in regulated industries.
He also brings to the Trust extensive experience and knowledge of the
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw community which is invaluable as the Trust
continues to develop and enhance local health care services for the future.
The Rotherham NHS
Foundation Trust is a key partner in the Rotherham Together Partnership and in
March 2019 Martin was appointed Chairman of the Ambition Rotherham Board which
is made up of private and public sector leaders to promote the Rotherham Story
on behalf of the Partnership.
Committees:
Chair of Board of Directors
Chair of Council of Governors
Chair of Board Nomination Committee
Chair of Governors Nomination Committee
Terms of Office:
Initially appointed by Council of Governors 01.02.2014 to 31.01.2017
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.02.2017
to 31.01.2020
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.02.2020
to 31.02.2023
Heather Craven
Heather is a Chartered Accountant who trained with KPMG and has spent
most of her career working across a wide spectrum of industries at director
levels including FTSE and AIM listed companies.
Since 2006 she has helped a number of organisations, via interim and
consultancy roles, to identify operational and financial issues and weaknesses
and has delivered solutions to resolve those problems and developed and
implemented strategies to deliver growth and profitability. Heather is committed to using her skills and
experience to assist the Trust in meeting the challenges it faces in delivering
a quality healthcare service and improving its operational performance and
financial stability.
Committees (2022/23)
Member of Quality Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Vice Chair of Charitable Funds Committee
Terms of Office
Initially appointed by Council of Governors 17.02.2017 – 16.02.2020
Reappointed by Council of Governors 17.02.2020 – 28.02.2023
Lynn Hagger
After careers in social work and legal practice, Lynn became a legal
academic with lectureships at the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and then
Sheffield.
She has taught administrative / public law, contract, environmental and
European law but then specialising in healthcare law and ethics at
undergraduate and postgraduate level. Lynn has published extensively in this
area including two books: The Child as
Vulnerable Patient: Protection and Empowerment and A Good Death: Law and Ethics in Practice.
In parallel with these activities, Lynn has been involved in the NHS for
over 25 years, mostly as a Non-Executive Director of acute hospital boards and
including as Chair of Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and
Non-Executive Director at Leeds Teaching NHS Trust.
Lynn is currently Vice Chair of the Trust, a position she has held since
March 2017.
Committees (2022/23)
Member of People Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Vice Chair of Finance and Performance Committee
Member of Charitable Funds Committee
Terms of Office
Initially appointed by Council of Governors 01.10.2013 to 30.09.2016
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.10.2016 to 30.09.2019
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.10.2019 to 30.09.2021
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.10.2021 to 30.09.2022
Michael Smith
Michael is an experienced Non-Executive Director, and is currently on
the Board at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. He has also previously
served in a similar capacity at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS
Foundation Trust.
He has an Honours Degree in Law and a Masters in Business
Administration. In 2016, Michael received his third degree - a Masters in
Mental Health Law for which he was given a commendation.
Michael lives in Rotherham
and he has extensive experience in the public and private sectors and has been
the President of Rotherham Chamber of Commerce.
He is a volunteer
director / trustee of the Magna Science Adventure Centre and is an enterprise
adviser to a local Special School.
Committees (2022/23)
Vice Chair of People Committee
Vice Chair of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Chair of Charitable Funds Committee
Terms of Office
Initially appointed by Council of Governors 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.04.2020 to 31.03.2022
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.04.2022 to 30.09.2022
Nicola Bancroft
Nicola
has over 30 years’ commercial experience in the retail sector, having worked
for Walgreens Boots Alliance in a number of senior finance and strategy leadership
roles and for DFS where she was Group Chief Financial Officer. She worked extensively
on the implementation of various customer focused strategies and transformation
programmes in both businesses.
She has a
first class honours degree in accounting and finance and is a fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Nicola is also a member of the Finance and Risk Committee
for Business in the Community, a charity dedicated to championing responsible
business.
Throughout her career Nicola has been passionate about coaching and
developing leaders and their teams to be at their best and is now
motivated by the vision, mission and values of the Rotherham NHS Foundation
Trust and seeks to provide support for its current and future development.
Committees
(2022/23):
Chair of Finance and Performance Committee
Member of People Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Term of Office
Initially appointed by the Council of
Governors 01.10.2019 to 30.09.2022
Rumit Shah
Rumit is currently a full-time practicing General Practitioner in
Hatfield, Doncaster.
A graduate of the University of Sheffield, Rumit initially followed a
career path in Trauma and Orthopaedics. His commitment to the NHS spans
over 36 years and during this time he has been engaged in various capacities
including the Local Medical Committee (LMC), Primary Care Groups, Primary Care
Trusts and he has now been elected to a be a Clinical Director of East
Doncaster Primary Care Network. He is also the Chair of Doncaster LMC.
Rumit has been a GP Appraiser, on the National Clinical Assessment
Service assessing General Practices, a GP member on the Area Prescribing
Committee, and the Scheduled Drug Monitoring subcommittee of Doncaster Clinical
Commissioning Group.
Rumit is a keen advocate for excellent quality of care delivered in a
timely fashion and in a safe environment with a clear emphasis on good
communication.
Committees (2022/23)
Member of Audit Committee
Chair of Quality Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Term of Office
Initially appointed by Council of Governors 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2021
Reappointed by Council of Governors 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024
Joanna Bibby
Jo has worked in health and
health care throughout her career, at national and local level. During ten
years at the Department of Health, she was responsible for a range of policy
areas including research and development, finance and performance.
Jo has led development of
approaches to improve the safety and quality of health care, many of which are
now applied routinely across the NHS.
At the Health Foundation, an
independent charity and ‘think tank’, she is responsible for a nationally
recognised strategy to improve health and reduce health inequalities.
Before joining the Health
Foundation, Jo worked for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
leading a major service reconfiguration programme to deliver improvements in
quality, safety and patient experience.
Jo lives in West Yorkshire.
Committees (2022/23)
Chair of People Committee
Vice Chair of Quality Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Term of Office
Initially appointed by Council of Governors 01.06.2021 - 31.05.2024
Kamran Malik, Non-Executive Director
Kamran is a finance professional
focusing on business transformation, through a coaching approach to people and
culture change.
Kamran qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG,
worked overseas with TNT in senior finance roles, was a Finance Director for a
start up before joining Royal Mail. In almost 20 years at Royal Mail,
Kamran further expanded his business acumen by undertaking various senior
leadership roles and professional qualifications
including Risk Management , Regulatory Compliance, Procurement, Business and
Personal Coaching and as Director of Cost Transformation.
Committees (2022/23)
Chair of Audit Committee
Member of Finance and Performance Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Term of Office
Initially appointed by Council of Governors as Associate Non-Executive Director 01.04.2021 - 31.03.2022
Appointed by Council of Governors as Non-Executive Director 11.09.2021 - 10.09.2024
The terms and conditions of appointment of the Non-Executive Directors are available on application to rgh-tr.foundation.trust@nhs.net.