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Appointed: March 2023
Aislinn was appointed as Trust Chair in March 2023 following many years working in the public sector, including being a Non-Executive Director of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust where she was Chair of the People Committee, Health and Wellbeing Guardian and member of the Ethical Advisory Group. She was also on the Governing Body for Edge Hill University for 8 years. Aislinn is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and a qualified District Nurse, Registered Midwife, Health Visitor, and has a Master’s in Public Health and a Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance.
Aislinn’s career has included Consultancy in Public Health supporting the NHS in the North West and also Lancashire County Council Consultancy in Public Health. During the NHS response to Ebola in Sierra Leone, she was a member of the Quality Assurance Team in Sierra Leone and she also supported NHS professionals in the field. Aislinn notably developed and implemented the recruitment process for NHS professionals to support the UK-Government response to Ebola in Sierra Leone and was awarded the Ebola Medal by Her Majesty the Queen.
She was previously Director of Public Health at West Lancashire PCT and Interim Director of Public Health at Blackburn with Darwen PCT.
Aislinn is currently Chair of Savera UK, a leading charity based in Liverpool that tackles culturally- specific abuse and harmful practices in the UK. She is also a fundraiser and supporter of Freedom from Torture and Save the Children.
Chair of: Trust Board, Remuneration and Nominations Committee, Representative of he Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee.
Other interests: Aislinn has a deep commitment to Equality and Diversity.
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Appointed: February 2022
Tony has worked as a Non-Executive Director in the NHS since 2006 having previously been at both Tameside and Glossop Foundation Trust and NHS Bolton CCG, before joining East Cheshire NHS Trust in February 2022.
His NHS experience includes chairing Audit, Finance, Remuneration and Conflict of Interest Committees. Prior to this he worked in industry in a number of large public companies in senior management positions in finance and general management.
Chair of: Audit Committee.
Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Remuneration and Nominations Committee and Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charitable Fund.
Other interests: Board Champion for Security Management, Digital Clinical System Joint Procurement Programme NED Lead.
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Appointed: May 2022
Jackie brings over 25 years’ experience as a senior executive operating at Board level in both public and private sector. She qualified as a solicitor and started her career in private practice working in several international law firms. Following this Jackie was a Senior Lecturer where she helped design and deliver under graduate and postgraduate courses for solicitors.
Jackie then moved into industry where she has worked for a number of National regeneration, development and property investment companies. Most recently, Jackie was the Legal and Commercial Director at MediaCityUK responsible for risk management and stakeholder engagement with organisations such as the BBC. She has extensive experience in all aspects of asset management, construction and facilities management through to HR, transformational change projects, corporate governance and stakeholder relationships. She is currently a strategic advisor to Land Securities PLC, one of the leading real estate companies in the UK.
Jackie served as a Non-Executive Director for Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust from 2012 to 2015. Since joining East Cheshire NHS Trust, Jackie has been involved across the full range of committees and is currently vice chair of the Trust, chair of the East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee and People Committee
Vice Chair: East Cheshire NHS Trust
Chair of: East Cheshire NHS Trust Charity Committee & People Committee,
Member of: Trust Board, Safety, Quality and Standards Committee, Remuneration and Nominations Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Other Interests: East Cheshire NHS Trust’s Senior Independent Director and Freedom to Speak Up.
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Appointed: September 2022
Joanne is a qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience operating at Board level within NHS Trusts and Commissioning Organisations.
Her most recent Executive Director of Finance role was with the Manchester Health and Care Commissioning Group and more recently she has held Non-Executive roles with both Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group.
Joanne is passionate about the need to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities and the importance of working in partnership with other local organisations to achieve this.
Chair of: Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee.
Member of: Trust Board, Audit Committee, East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charitable Fund.
Appointed: July 2023
Anya is Professor of Wellbeing and Communities at Manchester Metropolitan University and is the Academic Director of the Doctoral College with responsibility for delivering the University’s strategy for post graduate research. She has significant experience of developing teaching and learning and leading research.
Her academic career spans almost 30 years and she has led several funded projects focusing on marginalised populations and their experiences of health and social care systems and services, and on the intersection of social and health inequalities. She also has experience of working in the social housing sector in estate management and policy roles, and also as a trainer and consultant.
Member of: Trust Board, People Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charitable Fund and Representative of the Corporate Trustee for the North West BAME Assembly.
Other interests: Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Member of the Social Policy Association, Wellbeing Guardian.
Appointed: November 2023
Chris was appointed as Associate Non-Executive Director in November 2023 following an extensive career in the NHS. Chris brings 30 years of experience as a Urological Consultant at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, during which time he spent over three years in the post of Deputy Medical Director. Chris also held the post as Non-Executive Director at Robert Jones and Agnus Hunt NHS Foundation Trust from July 2016 to June 2023.
Chris has a wealth of experience which enables him to understand the complex issues that arise in the operational and strategic domains of an NHS organisation.
Chair of: Safety Quality Standards Committee and Organ Donation Committee.
Member of: Trust Board, Safety Quality Standards Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity.
Other interests: Board Non-Executive Maternity Safety Champion, Safeguarding Lead, Doctors Disciplinaries Clinical Outcomes, Consultant Appraisal, Productivity.
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