Steve West
Chair, Health Innovation West of England
Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England
Professor Sir Steve West CBE, DL is Vice-Chancellor, President and CEO of the University of the West of England, Bristol. Steve trained as a …
Natasha Swinscoe
Chief Executive Officer
Health Innovation West of England
A graduate of the NHS management training scheme, Natasha has 29 years’ experience in the NHS as a senior manager and leader. Natasha has worked in …
Mary Hutton
Chief Executive, NHS Gloucestershire
Mary has been the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System lead since spring 2018. She has been Accountable Officer of NHS Gloucestershire CCG since …
Shane Devlin
Chief Executive, BNSSG Integrated Care Board
Before starting in his post at the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB) in February 2022, Shane …
Sue Harriman
Chief Executive, BSW Integrated Care Board
Before joining the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board (ICB), Sue was Chief Executive of Solent NHS Trust …
Paddy Bradley
Director, Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership
As Director for the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SWLEP), Paddy has overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of SWLEP …
Mark Juniper
Medical Director
Health Innovation West of England
Mark has been a consultant physician at the Great Western Hospital since 2000. He has held various leadership roles there including Associate Medical …
Ben Bennett
Chief Operating Officer
Health Innovation West of England
ben.bennett1@nhs.net
Prior to joining Health Innovation West of England Ben had a 27-year career in a variety of senior leadership roles in the NHS. Ben has spent over a …
Kevin McNamara
Chief Executive
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kevin McNamara was appointed Chief Executive of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the end of March 2020, having acted up into this role …
Maria Kane
Chief Executive
North Bristol NHS Trust
Maria Kane OBE joined North Bristol NHS Trust as the new Chief Executive in April 2021. Prior to her appointment at NBT, she held the role of Chief …
Debi Reilly
Regional Director (South West)
Health Education England
Debi was appointed Health Education England (HEE) Regional Director for the south west in April 2019. With over 30 years’ experience of working at NHS …
Deborah Lee
Chief Executive, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Deborah Lee took up her first Chief Executive appointment June 2016 at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust following a 20+ year career in a …
Pete Carpenter
Director of Programmes
Health Innovation West of England
Pete is as an experienced executive director with over 20 years’ experience working in transformation, innovation and operational delivery within …
Cara Charles-Barks
Chief Executive
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Cara Charles-Barks is the Chief Executive at Royal United Hospitals Bath. She has over 30 years' experience in the public and private health care …
Dr Kyla Thomas
Consultant Senior Lecturer in Public Health Medicine at the University of Bristol and an NIHR Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyla's main research interests are around examining the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and safety of smoking cessation medicines, particularly …
John Macleod
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Primary Care, Director NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West (ARC West), Co-lead Centre for Academic Primary Care and NIHR School for Primary Care Research
John Macleod is Professor in Clinical Epidemiology and Primary Care and a practising GP. He leads research on the causes of health inequality, …
