Mr Frank Collins

Chairman

Frank Collins was appointed as Chairman in February 2015.

Frank has extensive experience in healthcare leadership. He spent his early career in the NHS culminating in Chief Executive posts at Kettering General Hospital and Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Trust.  

Following this Frank moved into the private sector with Chief Executive posts at a private hospital; Hydron Ltd, (a manufacturer and supplier of contact lenses) and The Summit Medical Group (an international medical devices company), where he subsequently became Chairman.  

Frank currently serves as Non-Executive Director and Chairman to a range of healthcare related companies. He is also a trustee of a local charity.

Declaration of interest:

• Non- Executive Chairman and shareholder in Frontier Medical Group Limited (Companies House No. 08670394).
• Non- Executive Chairman of Bracebridge Corporate Finance Limited (Companies House No. 08875676).
• Non-Executive Chairman of JRI Orthopaedics Ltd.
• Member of the Advisory Board to Mercia Technologies.

Mr Mark Brandreth

Chief Executive

Mark has been the Chief Executive at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since April 2016.

He joined from the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust where he was Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Operations and Planning. 

He has worked in a number of senior NHS management posts over the last 20 years. Mark has also worked in Wales and was invited to work for a period in a national role at the Department of Health.

Mark has a particular interest in improving services for patients and improving organisational culture and change.

Declaration of interest:

• Partner and Trustee of Lancashire and South Cumbria Neurological Alliance (Charity)

Mr Alastair Findlay

Non-Executive Director

Alastair is Chair of the Finance Planning and Digital Committee.

Alastair has significant experience of working at board level in both the public and private sector, with direct experience of NHS board work, having been on the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Board for eight years, until March 2013.

A chartered accountant, his early career was in the investment banking sector and his final full time role was Finance Director for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.

He was on the board of the Skipton Building Society for five years, latterly as Chairman and is also a non executive director at the Trafford Housing Trust.
 

Declaration of interest:

• Non Executive Director of Trafford Housing Trust Ltd

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Mr David Gilburt

Non-Executive Director

David is Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Finance Planning and Digital Committee.

David is a qualified accountant and has worked as Director of Finance in roles across the NHS at Health Authority, Trust and Regional level. 

More recently he has worked as an independent consultant specialising in financial turnaround for NHS organisations in financial difficulty.  In this capacity he worked at RJAH from June 2007 to July 2008 as interim Director of Finance & Turnaround.

Declaration of interest:

• NHS England - provided advice on the evalutation of North West CCG financial recovery plans to end of December 2016.
• Interim Chief Finance Officer at South Norfolk CCG (ended June 2016).

Mr Christopher Beacock

Non Executive Director

Mr Christopher Beacock lives in Shropshire, is a Foundation Trust member and takes a keen interest in the hospital. 

He has also served as Chairman of the Clinical Governance and Clinical Audit Committee and also sat on Quality Safety Committee.

He has 27 years clinical experience as a Consultant Urological Surgeon as well as experience as a Deputy Medical Director.  He formally retired in 2014 and has been working on a part time contract since then.

He has worked across a wide range of acute Trusts, integrated care organisations and community service providers and has a long standing interest in medical management. 

Mr Harry Turner

Non Executive Director

Harry has extensive relevant experience, having served as a Non-Executive Director and then Chairman of Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust between 2008 and 2016.

He also took up the position of Chairman of the John Taylor Hospice in Birmingham October 2016 and is also a Non-Executive Director on Dudley and Walsall Mental Health NHS Trust

Harry has also been a Justice of the Peace in Worcestershire Courts for more than a decade.

He previously worked as an Operations Director in the hotel industry, working for businesses including Travel Inn and Marriott International.

Declaration of interest:

• Chairman of John Taylor Hospice CIC, Birmingham
• Non-Executive Director for Dudley and Walsall Mental Health NHS Trust
• Trustee to Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven Charity
• Steering group member for NHS research project PEARL
• Owner of F.T.K Associates
• Owner of Vacational Rentals Lda, Portugal
• Magistrate for West Mercia Benches HMCTS 

Mr Paul Kingston

Non-Executive Director

Mrs Hilary Pepler

Board Advisor

Hilary is the Trust's Board Advisor and member of the Quality and Safety Committe.

Previously a Non-Executive Director for RJAH who was Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee and a member of the Audit Committe.

Hilary brings a wealth of clinical, managerial and executive experience.  She started her NHS career as a nurse, working primarily within Community Health Services; she then moved into managerial roles, working as the Director of Human Resources at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.  In 1993 she became a Trust Chief Executive, working in Chester, Liverpool and the North East Wales Trust.  Following her retirement in 2007 Hilary has worked as a volunteer with the National Trust.
 

Declaration of interest:

• Volunteer for National Trust

Mr Steve White

Medical Director

Steve has been Medical Director at RJAH since 2012.

After graduating from the University at Nottingham, Steve trained at Bristol and Oxford. He has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon since 1993 specialising in knee surgery.

He has held a variety of leadership roles over the years, for example, in teaching and training, leading the Trauma service, the Knee and Sports Injury Firm and a period as Director of Surgery.

In research, he has published widely on anteromedical osteoarthritis and its treatment by partial knee replacement.

Steve encourages doctors, many of whom have the classic attributes of “memory, logic and imagination” to lead, but emphasizes that everyone in management needs to recognise the five common heuristics and biases that so easily impact on decision making. With greater insight, and a shared purpose, clinical and non-clinical managers can work harmoniously to continuously improve patient care.

Declaration of interest:

• Private practice carried out though a limited company: Steve White Knee Clinic Ltd. where his wife is an employee and director.
• Advisor for Future Fit.
• Advisor for the Sustainability and Transformational Partnership (STP) for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
• Advisor for the National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA).

Mrs Bev Tabernacle

Director of Nursing

Bev has been Acting Director of Nursing and Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in recent months. She has previously worked at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Declarations of Interest:

None

Mr Craig Macbeth

Director of Finance and Planning

Craig joined the Trust in 2008 as Deputy Director of Finance having previously worked at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals. 

He was instrumental in supporting the Trusts’ sustainable services programme taking the lead on the contracting and commissioning elements.  He subsequently led the finance team through the Foundation Trust application process and has more recently been leading the business planning for the Trust. 

He became Acting Director of Finance in October 2015. He was later named Associate Director of Finance, before becoming Director of Finance on 1 April 2017.

Craig's role changed on 1 April 2019 when he took on responsibility for organisational strategy and planning, with his title changing to Director of Finance and Planning. 

Declaration of interest:

None recorded

Mrs Nia Jones

Director of Operations

Nia joined the Trust in January 2016 as Deputy Director of Operations, having previously worked at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

Nia has previously worked as Performance Manager for North Wales Regional Office, working with Policy Divisions, Trusts and commissioners to provide a Performance Framework for North Wales NHS organisations and implementation of referral to treatment in Wales.

She has also worked as Service Manager for Orthopaedics at North East Wales Trust before becoming Lead Manager for Operational Improvement for Surgery and Anaesthetics, working across the three District General Hospitals in North Wales.

Nia became Director of Operations in August 2017.