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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
- Lisa Thompson - Service Director - Children and Young People
- Sarah Burchell - Service Director - Adult Community Physical Health Services
- 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
- Alison Furzer - Director of Digital Services
- Rachel Evans - Director of Estates and Facilities
- Sally Bryden - Director of Corporate Affairs and Strategic Development (Trust Secretary)
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Azara Mukhtar | Chief Medical Officer
Azara Mukhtar took up the position of Interim Director of Finance with Oxleas in January 2020 and was appointed substantively in February 2021.
She has previously held a number of senior finance roles at Croydon Health Services, NHS London, Barts & The London and Guy’s & St Thomas’.
She is a CIMA qualified accountant and started her NHS career in April 1995. After graduating from Dundee University, she joined KPMG for a three-year training contract working with a wide range of audit clients.
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