Our Executive Team

Our Executive Team are experienced NHS professionals with specific management and operational skills. They are responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the trust. The Executive Team is led by Chief Executive Ify Okocha and the members are:

  • Ify Okocha - Chief Executive

  • Iain Dimond - Chief Operating Officer

  • Abi Fadipe - Chief Medical Officer

  • Jane Wells - Chief Nursing Officer

  • Neil Springham - Chief Therapies Officer

  • Rachel C Evans - Chief People and Strategy Officer

  • Azara Mukhtar - Chief Financial Officer

  • Alison Furzer - Chief Digital Information Officer

  • Rachel Evans - Chief Estates Officer

  • Sally Bryden - Director of Corporate Affairs and Strategic Development (Trust Secretary)

  • Lisa Thompson - Service Director - Children and Young People

  • Sarah Burchell - Service Director - Adult Community Physical Health Services

  • Aisling Thompson - Service Director - Forensic and Offender Healthcare

  • Aisling Clifford - Service Director - Adult Acute and Crisis Mental Health

  • Lorraine Regan - Service Director - Adult Community Mental Health/Adult Learning Disability 

   

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Alison Furzer | Chief Estates Officer

Alison Furzer | Chief Estates Officer

Alison joined Oxleas in 2009. Her previous career was in senior operational and project management roles within the banking sector. She has a law degree and experience of implementing process and technology change both within retail and investment banking and more recently the NHS.
 
Alison initially worked in Oxleas as a business manager within mental health services and has been Director of Informatics since 2013. In this role Alison has managed a number of large projects such as the deployment of our new clinical system, mobile working and the development of our business information system for Oxleas.

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