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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