Andrew Ball Rotherham-wide | Growing
up in Portsmouth, and with a retired Naval father, the Army provided a useful
and positive distraction for 15 years, sending Andrew to places around Germany,
NI and UK to find excitement.
Andrew
left in 1995, having met and married a local girl, and decided to settle in
South Yorkshire, he spent the first few years testing ‘civi-street’ and finding
his place in it before getting into IT and extending this into project management.
Being a ‘people’ person, programming held little excitement for him so falling
back on 15years service he focussed on the Control aspects of projects,
governance, planning and risks, helping project managers deliver key programmes
around the UK. He now works as an Interim Business Consultant, sharing his view
and persuading others of a better way of doing things.
Andrew
lives in Surrey for work and in Bramley with his wife, a retired Police Officer
and now Criminal Analyst with South Yorkshire Police. They have 22 years old
twins. His son works in the local economy and striving to find his place in the
world and his daughter, organises UK based professional cycling races and
events, and is taking on the International world of Cycling.
Term of office: 01.11.20 - 31.05.23
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Geoff Berry Rest of England | Geoff
is a devoted family man married with two grown-up daughters and six
grandchildren.
During his career
he enjoyed roles at various levels within several sectors, retail,
construction, manufacturing and latterly IT. He sold his technology business in
2019 and is looking forward to contributing to the Trust and wider community.
Geoff is an
enthusiastic high handicap golfer, his golfing ambitions often exceed his
abilities, but sometimes, just sometimes there are moments which make it all
worthwhile.
Term of office: 01.11.20 -
31.05.23
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Anthony (Stephan) Lowe
Rotherham-wide
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Steve was
originally born and raised in Rotherham and has strong family connections to
the region and the wider community. Steve spent 14 years of his early
professional career serving in the British Army, during which time he
completed multiple operational tours.
Following his
rewarding military career Steve went on to hold Senior Management positions
across the public, private and charitable sector in and around the field of
criminal justice and sectors providing support services for hard to reach
groups and people experiencing vulnerabilities. Through
Steve’s work has received a number of awards for his work for making an
impact in the community, including the receipt of a South Yorkshire Chief
Constable commendation in 2019.
Steve is
currently the North of England Manager for a charity supporting vulnerable
people and those who need support to live a law-abiding life.
Steve became
a public governor to serve the community and the staff of the NHS and to
promote delivery of safe, caring services which remain responsive to needs.
Term of office:
01.11.20 - 31.05.23
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Gavin Rimmer Rotherham-wide / Lead Governor
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Gavin
has been a Public Governor of the Trust since 2014 and in 2018 had the honour
to be elected as Lead Governor.
Gavin
is a family man with four Children and now 2 Grandchildren, living in Rotherham
for over twenty years. He became a Governor because he is passionate about
improving healthcare both locally and nationally.
He
has been able to apply his knowledge and experience working as a provider of
healthcare for the NHS in South Yorkshire and from the twenty-five years
engaging and understanding the NHS inner workings as a senior pharmaceutical
executive.
Gavin
has called on this extensive knowledge and his experience as a patient and
parent to help him in his role. He also brings enthusiasm and
(occasionally) a bit of humour!
As
the Governors provide a key service on behalf of the people of Rotherham, he
would say hand on heart that all of them are proud to serve on behalf of the
members and the public.
Term of Office: 01.06.2017
– 31.05.2020, re-elected for a further term 01.06.2020 - 31.05.2023 |
Neil Redfern Rotherham-wide
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Neil was born
in Rotherham and has spent all his life living in South Yorkshire. He is married
and has two children and two grandchildren.
After starting
his working career with British Steel Corporation, he moved into the
Environmental Consultancy sector where he has worked for the past 30 years.
After 20 years as a Company Director he took a step down and joined a small
family firm to assist with their growth. Neil has been there for the past three
years.
Becoming a
Governor will be a new challenge for Neil as he has always worked in the
private sector. During that time, he has worked for many of the local NHS
Trusts as a supplier of services and looks forward to understanding the way
they work and pressures they face from a different angle.
Neil’s wife
worked at the Trust as a nurse for 20 years, and supporting the local NHS has
always been a part of their adult lives.
Term of office: 01.11.20 -
31.05.23
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Marilyn Gambles Rotherham-wide
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Marilyn has
lived in Rotherham all her life. After working in Rotherham schools for thirty
five years as a teacher, advisory teacher and Head Teacher, she retired and has
spent almost sixteen years as a volunteer at Rotherham Hospital.
Her husband was
an in-patient for many weeks and as a family they were able to witness the hard
work, professionalism, and commitment of staff. Marilyn has also been treated
herself on a number of occasions and she wanted to extend her volunteer role
into governance, so she decided to stand as public governor for Rotherham South
and was elected in 2019.
Marilyn’s aim
is to see the hospital continue to provide the safest, highest quality care for
the local community.
Marilyn is
certain that she has a lot to offer in terms of good organisational and
interpersonal skills and she will work with the Trust to continue to improve
the patient experience and promote its development.
Term of office:
01.06.2019 - 31.05.2022 Re-elected for further term: 01.06.22 - 31.05.25
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A A Zaidi Rotherham-wide
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at Manchester, Mr Zaidi was awarded certificate of Specialist in Ophthalmology.
He was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Rotherham Hospital on 1
October 1979 until his retirement on 31 December 2007. In this
role he modernised the Rotherham Eye Unit, introducing new services for
patients with Eye diseases and was responsible for training junior doctors,
Nurses and Opticians.
During his
time at the Trust, Mr Zaidi was appointed Clinical Director for Specialist
Surgery, which not only included management of Ophthalmology but also the
specialities of Ears Nose and Throat and Maxillofacial.
The Royal
College of Ophthalmologists appointed him Examiner for FRCOphth and he was on
the “Consultant appointment Panel” for other hospitals.
Having worked
37 years in NHS and 27 years at Rotherham, Mr Zaidi is well aware of the NHS system,
constraints facing Hospitals and the requirements and problems faced by the
patients. Due to his previous NHS Experience he believes he would be able to
contribute to help all parties.
As a public
governor, Mr Zaidi’s main aim is to support the improvement of services for
patients.
Term of office: 01.06.2019 - 31.05.2022 Re-elected for further term: 01.06.22 - 31.05.25
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Mac McPherson Rotherham-wide
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Lieutenant
Colonel Mac McPherson retired from the army in 2014 after 44 years’ service.
Mac developed and lead bespoke leadership training at The Royal Military
Academy Sandhurst and as Deputy Garrison Commander of Larkhill Garrison Mac was
responsible for moving the ‘home’ of The Royal Artillery from Woolwich after
300 years. Mac has significant operational experience in various
challenging environments, and has received awards for his conduct in Northern
Ireland, UK mainland and Bosnia. Mac has spent several winters training inside
the Arctic Circle.
Mac
currently is the chairman of trustees of the Military Community Veterans Centre
(MCVC) is a director of the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund, a director of the
Regular Forces Employment Agency (RFEA) and President of the Wentworth
Association for the Prosecution of Fellons. He was awarded an MBE in 2009
birthday honours list.
Mac
is a keen but inelegant skier, a disgraceful but honest golf novice and likes
reading, gardening and spending time with his grandchildren.
Mac
became a public governor to support and promote the hospital staff in
delivering their Vision, Mission and Values all of which contribute to a top
class hospital which serves our community so well.
Term of office:
01.06.2017 – 31.05.2020, re-elected for a further term 01.06.2020 - 31.05.2023 |
 Matthew Ukpe Rotherham-wide
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Matthew is a Project Manager,
working with a Local Authority in England with a focus on adult health and wellbeing.
He has been working with the BAME
community in and around South Yorkshire for a considerable number of years.
Matthew’s passion to bolster health and wellbeing and also focus
on the improvement of the overall health and social care of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and the citizens of Rotherham will bring in the required strategic change
outcome, achieved by working collaboratively with the Non-Executive board and
other stakeholders. Term of office: 01.01.2023 - 31.05.2025 |
