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

  • Steve Wedgwood - Chief Estates Officer

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

  • Jenny Ioseliani - Service Director - Children and Young People

  • Sarah Burchell - Service Director - Adult Community Physical Health 

  • 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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Steve Wedgwood | Chief Estates Officer

Steve Wedgwood | Chief Estates Officer

Steve comes to us from Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where he spent 14 years as Deputy Director and then Director of Estates and Facilities.

As the Board and Executive Lead for Estates, Facilities, Capital and Sustainability across two hospital sites, Steve developed an award-winning team who won 20 national awards, mostly for sustainability and innovation.

During his NHS career, which spans more than 30 years, Steve has developed and led a wide range of non-clinical and clinical services holding senior leadership roles in health authorities, a primary care trust, mental health and community trust, two acute trusts and at a national level with the National Patient Safety Agency where he was also Director of Communications.

Steve has a Masters in Leadership and a Degree in Management, and is a keen advocate of staff at all levels being supported and encouraged to continuously learn and develop to reach their full potential.

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