The Advisory Board is comprised of a National Advisory Board and four Regional Advisory Forums which represent the seven NHS regions. Members are selected from the finance and procurement community across acute, community, mental health and ambulance trusts.
National Advisory Board
Chair: Sir Jim Mackey
Northern Advisory Forum
Chair: Jonathan Wood
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Midlands and East Advisory Forum
Chair: David Melbourne Programme Director, Birmingham and Solihull ICS
Southern Advisory Forum
Chair: Alex Gild Deputy CEO and CFO, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
London Advisory Forum
Chair: Lucie Jaggar Chief Procurement Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust
Chair: Alex Gild, Deputy CEO and CFO Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
South East
Name
Role and Organisation
Angela Alletson
Head of Procurement, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Lisa Jones
Director of Procurement, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
South Central
Name
Role and Organisation
Jim Forsyth
Head of Procurement, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Rob Houston
Managing Director, Wessex NHS Procurement Limited
Clara Purnell
Interim Head of Procurement, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Neil Routledge
Managing Director, Healthcare Partners Ltd
South West
Name
Role and Organisation
Louise Bereton
Head of Procurement and Logistics, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chris England
Associate Director of Strategic Procurement, Simply Serve Ltd, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Polly Hutchinson
Senior Contracts Manager, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
James Leaver
Chief Procurement Officer, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Katie Mattravers
Head of Procurement, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Darren Proctor
Head Of Procurement, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
Eddie Rathbone
Procurement Director, Dorset ICS
Mark Slaney
Head of Procurement and Logistics, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Taylor
Head of Procurement, Gloucestershire Shared Service For NHS
Robb Webb
Associate Director of Procurement and Commercial Services, Salisbury Foundation NHS Trust
Gary Welch
Director of Procurement and Supply Chain, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Other Organisations
Name
Role and Organisation
David Druett
Director of Procurement, Bristol and Weston NHS Purchasing Consortium
Sara Ford
Director of Customer and Strategy, NHS Supply Chain
Mark Gronow
Commercial Directorate : People & Skills Programme Lead, NHSE&I
Darren Williams
Regional Lead – South, NHS Supply Chain
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Advisory Board or Forum please contact: