Our Board have a wide range of qualifications and experience that will guide us through to Foundation Trust status and beyond as we work to realise our strategic priorities and achieve our vision as set out in our organisational strategy.

Philip Townshend - Chairman

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: Non-Executive Director - March 2001, Chairman - March 2007

Professional Qualifications: Law Degree (Hons), Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Solicitor Advocate (all proceedings)

Experience: Solicitor, Labour member of Coventry City Council, Cabinet Member for Corporate and Neighbourhood Services, member of the Council of Warwickshire Law Society, extensive community work experience including twelve years service with the West Midlands Police Special Constabulary, passionate supporter of the NHS. Solicitor and Senior Partner in private practice in firm of Townshends LLP with offices in Birmingham, Coleshill and Coventry.

Andrew Hardy – Chief Executive Officer

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: : Chief Finance Officer - June 2004, Deputy Chief Executive – July 2008, CEO - June 2010

Professional Qualifications: BA in Economics (Hons), Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy, MBA

Experience: National Board Member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Chair of Association's Payment by Results Special Interest Group, Chair of Finance Directors' Group of the Association of United Kingdom University Hospitals

Gail Nolan –Chief Finance Officer

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: January 2012

Professional Qualifications: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Health Service Management BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

Experience: Joined the NHS is 1989
Held senior financial leadership roles in a range of NHS organisations including large acute teaching hospitals, community and mental health services, strategic health authorities and with the Department of Health

Ann-Marie Cannaby – Chief Nurse and Operating Officer

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: Chief Nursing Officer – December 2005, Chief Operating Officer – February 2010.

Professional Qualifications: Qualified Nurse, Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Doctor of Philosophy, MA Health Studies, BA (Hons) Health Studies

Experience: Joined NHS in 1989 and the Trust in 2005 as Associate Director of Nursing. Ann-Marie has previously held a variety of nursing management and research roles in the NHS.

Richard Kennedy – Chief Medical Officer

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: September 2007

Professional Qualifications: MB ChB, Diploma in Anaesthetics, MRCOG, FRCOG

Experience: Joined the Trust as Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in 1988; established the IVF programme in 1990 of which he was director until 2008. Served two periods as Clinical Director for Women's Services, most recently 2003 – 2007. Was the Trust's first Director for Research and Development 1999 – 2002. Was appointed associate Medical Director in July 2007 and became interim Medical Director in Sept 2007 and appointed substantive Medical Director in August 2008. He is an advisor of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and is a Board Member and Secretary to the International Federation of Fertility Societies. He is a practising obstetrician and gynaecologist as well as infertility specialist and his area of surgical expertise is in minimal access reproductive surgery.

Christine Watts – Chief Marketing Officer

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: May 2009

Professional Qualifications: MSc Marketing and Product Management. Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma

Experience : 2003 – 2009: EMEA - Zebra Vice President of Marketing Tech for a billion $ global corporation managing communications, marketing strategy and campaigns and public relations across Europe, Middle East and Africa. 1997 – 2003: Marketing Manager Printronix Inc.

Ian Crich – Chief HR Officer*

Professional Qualifications: MCIPD and MBA

Experience: 2005 – 2009: Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development at The States of Jersey; 1998 – 2005: Corporate Director (Organisational Development) at Buckinghamshire County Council

Nicholas Stokes – Non-Executive Director / Vice Chair

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: April 2004, Vice Chair since November 2009

Professional Qualifications: MA (Oxon)

Experience: Director of Marketing and Communications at Coventry University, extensive market research, marketing and strategy/business development experience, previous Head of Business Development with the commercial arm of Age Concern, previous Marketing Director of Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd. Over 40 years business experience in market research and marketing with general foods/Kraft Unilever, St Ivel and Boots Chemist.

Tim Sawdon – Non-Executive Director

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: June 2003

Professional Qualifications: Practising Optometrist

Experience: Elected to Coventry City Council in 1974, cabinet member. Ophthalmic Optician and Director of Mastgrove Opticians Ltd, owns two optical practices in Coventry

Trevor Robinson – Non-Executive Director

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: December 2008

Professional Qualifications: Degrees in Physics (BSc) and Economics, Maths and Systems Theory (BA). Member of Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Experience: Extensive experience in public sector finance. Finance Director of Hillingdon London Borough Council for over 10 years. Became the first Finance Director of the newly formed Greater London Authority in 2000, and then Resources Director of Centro (West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive). Former Treasurer to the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority and Financial Advisor to the Association of London Government.

Career details: various financial positions in local government (1972 – 1988); Finance Director of London Borough of Hillingdon (1988 – 1999); Head of Finance at Greater London Authority Transition Team (1999 – 2000); Interim Finance Director of the Greater London Authority (2000 – 2001); Resources Director at Centro (2001 – 2007); Treasurer to the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority (2006 – 2008); Non-Executive Director at Centro and Chair of Audit Committee (2007 – 2009); Member of Finance Committee, Whitefriars Housing Group (2007 – 2010); Independent Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Ofqual (2011 - ).

Wendy Coy – Non-Executive Director

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: February 2010

Professional Qualifications: MBA. Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Experience: 23 years of Human Resources experience. 2004 - 2006 Job Evaluation Manager, the University of Warwick, working with Trade Unions, University Senior Management and individuals to agree terms of the Framework Agreement (a new pay structure which included harmonisation of terms and conditions for different staff groups). 2006 – 2011 held the role of Head of Human Resources at Warwick Medical School, developing the Warwick Medical School and HR strategy, with responsibility for Equality and Diversity for staff and students across the University. In 2011 was appointed to the role of Administrative Lead for Warwick Medical School contributing to the strategic direction and management of circa 400 staff, 800 undergraduate students and circa £50m budget. From 1996 has run her own consultancy as a Personnel and Training Consultant, advising small and large companies on all areas of Human Resources including: employment legislation, practice and procedures, disciplinary and legal issues, writing of employment contracts, recruitment assessment centres, job evaluation and running management development programmes.

Samantha Tubb – Non-Executive Director

Date of Appointment as a Board Member: October 2011

Professional qualifications: MA in Economics from Cambridge University

Experience: Ms Tubb has worked as a management consultant since 1997, specialising in risk and finance for the financial services industry. Since 2004, when she was made a partner, her role has focused on helping banking clients to measure and manage their financial and non-financial risks. She has also worked with a number of banks to optimise the organisation and governance of their risk functions. In her career to date she has worked with a wide range of international financial institutions across the UK, USA, Australia and mainland Europe. She also runs her own personal property and investment portfolio.

*Denotes non-voting Board members