BHRUT annual report 2009 - Barking Havering and Redbridge ...

Annual Report & Accounts 2009-2010
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The Trust Board members
Chairman: Sir David Varney
David joined the Trust as Chairman
in January 2010.
He joined Shell in 1968 after
graduating from the University of
Surrey with a degree in chemistry.
He has worked in Australia, Holland
and Sweden. In 1996, he left Shell and became Chief
Executive of BG Group (previously British Gas).
In 2001, he was appointed Executive Chairman of
MM02. He chaired Business in the Community, was
Chairman of HM Revenue and Customs between
2004 and 2006 and President of the Chartered
Management Institute.
Most recently, he was the Prime Minister’s Adviser on
Public Service Transformation until 2009.
Chief Executive: John Goulston
John Goulston joined the Trust as
Interim Chief Executive in October
2007. He was appointed
substantively as Chief Executive in
March 2008.
John worked at Barts and The London NHS Trust from
2002 to 2007. John graduated in economics at Hull
University before joining the Southeast Thames
Regional Health Authority’s finance training scheme.
Once qualified as an accountant he joined
accountancy firm Coopers and Lybrand, where he
spent three years in public sector audit and another
three in health consultancy.
He returned to the NHS in 1992, working as Finance
Director of the former Crawley and Horsham Trust for
three years. He took the same post at the Royal Free
Hampstead NHS Trust for seven years before moving
onto Barts and The London.
As Interim Chief Executive at the Trust, and previously
as Deputy Chief Executive, John led the £1bn
redevelopment programme for Barts and the Royal
London Hospitals, which includes a shared, long-term
service vision and plan with the North East London
primary care trusts.
Medical Director: Ian Abbs
Ian qualified in Medicine from
London University in 1984. He
undertook postgraduate research
training as a nephrologist at Guy’s
and St Thomas Hospitals, where he
was later appointed as a consultant
nephrologist in 1994.
His clinical and research interests are in transplantation
and immune renal disease, and Ian developed an
increasing interest in the organisation and
management of clinical services as a Clinical and
Divisional Director.
He was Director for Clinical Academic Group
Development for King’s Health Partners Academic
Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) and most recently, as
an Associate Medical Director at Guy’s and St Thomas,
he worked on the integration of the community
provider arm with the AHSC.
He joined the Trust as Medical Director in April 2010.
Director of Human Resources:
Ruth McAll
Ruth McAll joined the Trust in
December 2008 as an Interim HR
Director. Ruth has 15 years
experience as an HR Director with a
variety of NHS Trusts, including
mental health, community and
Foundation Trusts.
Ruth’s objectives at BHR are to develop a structure
and function for HR that is able to help staff and
managers deliver good practices in people
management.
Ruth was a member of the national pensions review,
lead in HR networks and NHS conference.
The Trust Board members