
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
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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