Appointed: August 2021
Appointed Chief Executive: June 2022
Ged commenced his tenure with the Trust in August 2021 as the Director of Finance, subsequently assuming the position of Acting Chief Executive in December 2021, and later being appointed as the substantive Chief Executive in June 2022.
He has worked successfully for over twenty five years at Board level with extensive experience including the NHS, local authority/emergency services with a clear focus on delivering both performance improvement and efficiency through innovative construction and technology based schemes.
Additionally, Ged has served in a number of Director roles within public sector subsidiary companies and has held regional positions, and advised at the national government level. He is dedicated to optimizing staff and team development to enhance patient care. Furthermore, Ged is a fervent advocate for public services and their significant contributions to society by maximising public value
Ged is the chair or a member of the following committees or groups on behalf of ECT:
Chair of: Clinical Leadership Board and Directorate Performance Meetings.
Member of: Trust Board, Partnership Forum, Cheshire and Merseyside CEO Provider Group, Greater Manchester Provider Federation Board, Cheshire East ICP Board, Local Negotiating Committee. Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Qualifications: PG Dip Public Service Leadership, CIPFA Chartered Public Finance Accountant, DMS Diploma in Management studies, NHS Leadership Academy Award in Executive Healthcare Leadership.
Appointed: January 2025
Laura joined the Trust in 2025. Laura has 16 years of experience working within the NHS and joined the Trust from the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where she was the Deputy Director of Governance & Risk.
Laura’s role is to lead and to continuously improve corporate governance arrangements and to provide strategic advice and guidance to the Trust Board, Chair, Chief Executive, Executive and Non-Executive Directors on all matters relating to governance. This includes the role of the Board Trust Secretary which is a key coordination role within the Trust. Laura is the Trusts Senior Information Risk Owner and Executive Lead for Freedom to Speak Up.
She leads on Trust corporate governance and is the Trusts Senior Information Risk Owner.
Executive Lead: Senior Information Risk Owner and Freedom to Speak Up.
Chair of: Information Governance and Records Management Group.
Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, People Committee, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, Clinical Leadership Board, East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Other interests: NW Trust Secretaries Network, CMAST Company Secretaries Forum, Cheshire Company Secretaries Network.
Qualifications: Diploma – Governance & Risk Management (University of Chester), Diploma - Health Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (Loughborough University), Effective Company Secretary (Corporate Governance Institute).
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Appointed: June 2020
Simon was appointed in June 2020 having previously held a Deputy Director role in Operations, Transformation and Performance at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. He joined the NHS in 2008 from Spire Hospitals having worked in corporate functions supporting the national chain of hospitals.
Simon has led a number of multi-organisation change programmes having worked in large acute hospitals across the North West, and leads on the delivery of the NHS key performance standards and the operational delivery of patient safety.
Executive Lead: Operational Performance, Accountable Officer for Emergency Preparedness Response and Resilience, Trust Strategy Digital Delivery and Transformation, Sustainable Hospital Services Programme.
Chair of: Operational Management Team, Digital Clinical System Operational Delivery Group, Cheshire East Place Operations Group, Health Inequalities Steering Group and, Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Group, Digital Clinical System Risk Scrutinies Group.
Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, People Committee, Clinical Leadership Board and Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub-Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity, Cheshire East Place Leadership Group, Right Care Right Person Strategic Coordination Group and Mortality Improvement Group.
Other interests: Greater Manchester Chief Operating Officers Forum and Cheshire and Merseyside Chief Operating Officers Forum.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Italian Language and Literature, University of Leeds and Msc Healthcare Leadership, University of Birmingham.
Appointed: May 2015
John joined the Trust in September 2000 as a consultant in anaesthetics with a special interest in critical care and was appointed as Interim Medical Director in November 2014, before being appointed to the role permanently in May 2015.
John is leading the development of the Trust’s Strategic Clinical Plan and is building collaborative partnerships with clinical leads in primary, community and secondary care settings, supporting and developing new models of care.
Executive Lead: Organ Donation, Mortality, Research, Clinical Governance, End of Life, Medicines Management, Medical Devices. Fire, Health and Safety.
Chair of: Human Tissue Authority Governance Sub-committee, Mortality Governance Sub- Committee, Mortality Improvement Group, Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub- Committee and Executive Check and Review Panel.
Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Workforce Committee, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, Clinical Leadership Board, Organ Donation, Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub-Committee and Local Negotiating Committee, Pathology Collaborative, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Other Interests: Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Member of Intensive Care Society.
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Appointed: August 2022
Kara joined the Trust in November 2009 and became the Interim Deputy Director of Finance in May 2017. She was appointed Deputy Director of Finance in December 2017 before taking up the role of Interim Director of Finance, Planning and Estates in December 2021 and being appointed substantively in August 2022.
Prior to this, she held a number of senior finance positions within the private and public sectors.
Executive Lead: Operational Planning, estates development and investment, procurement plan, informatics, audit.
Chair of: Productivity and Innovation Board, Capital and Space Planning Group, Data Quality Assurance Group.
Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Local Negotiating Committee and Partnership Forum, East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Other interests: Kara chairs the National Level Three Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship Standards Group and is passionate about supporting education and development. In 2024 Kara has been appointed as the Chair of the North West Finance Skills Development Steering Group. Kara continually seeks ways to develop teams and individuals to be their best to support good patient care.
Qualifications: Masters in Business Administration, Manchester Metropolitan University, ACMA (Association Chartered Management Accountants).
Alex started his career in the NHS on the graduate management training programme. Over the course of his 19 year career in the NHS so far, Alex has worked across commissioning and Community services, though most of his career has been spent working in the acute provider sector. Prior to joining East Cheshire NHS Trust two years ago as Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Planned Care, Women and Children’s and Allied Health Services, Alex spent a number of years at Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS foundation Trust where he held roles including Associate Services Director, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director for Mental Health Services.
Qualifications: BSc in Psychology and Business from Keele University; Msc Healthcare Leadership from University of Birmingham; MBA Executive Healthcare Leadership from University of Worcester. Currently undertaking an MPh in Public Health at Keele University.
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Appointed: July 2021
Kate has over 26 years’ experience as a registered nurse and began her career in 1997 as an Emergency Department nurse before becoming a Matron in 2007. Kate has undertaken a variety of senior nursing roles at both Salford Royal and Royal Bolton Hospitals before becoming Deputy Director of Nursing at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2016.
In 2020 Kate was seconded to NHS England in Cheshire and Merseyside in a commissioning role leading on the Learning Disabilities and Autism programme.
Executive Lead: Safeguarding, Infection, Prevention and Control, Patient Experience, Quality and Board Level Maternity Safety Champion.
Chair of: Quality and Safety Forum, Safeguarding Sub Committee and Infection, Prevention and Control Sub Committee.
Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, People Committee, Partnership Forum, Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub-Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Other interests: Kate is passionate about supporting and developing the workforce, improving patient experience through service development and co-production and about using quality improvement methodology to support staff learning and to improve outcomes for patients.
Qualifications: Registered General Nursing, BSc in Nursing, MSc in Leadership in Health and Social Care.
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