Meet our governors

Term: 3
Current term ends: 31 October 2025

Brought up in Felixstowe, I registered as a nurse at Addenbrookes Hospital, prior to bringing up three children and caring for elderly parents.

I have managed a Citizens Advice Bureau. I was Community Liaison Officer and then Chief Officer, for a Community Health Council, representing NHS patients and supporting volunteers to monitor local hospitals.

I spent nine years as a governor at a Foundation Trust in the North of England and have also supported patients as a Macmillan trainer.

Term: 2
Current term ends: 30 June 2027

I graduated as a biologist and have worked as a Pharmaceutical and Healthcare analyst, with a particular interest in Microbiology and Epidemiology.

My market research background enables me to gather feedback from my fellow residents and Trust staff, while I am well positioned to perform governance roles having had a career in senior management including Strategy, Finance and Operations in the financial sector.

I work in the voluntary sector for Citizens Advice and other local charities.

Term: 2
Current term ends: 31 October 2025

I worked as practice manager at Colne Medical Centre, Brightlingsea, for 20 years, before retiring.

I have subsequently worked on a short-term basis as practice manager at West Mersea Practice, to cover for maternity leave, and Tiptree Medical Centre.

Married with two boys and living in Hythe, I have worked in the NHS for 30 years within general practice.

I am the chair of a charity which builds schools and libraries in Malawi.

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I am a volunteer ambassador in Ipswich for the Public Health Collaboration, a national charity established to help address the current obesity and diabetes epidemics, through the promotion of healthy lifestyles and nutrition.

A keen runner, I have qualified to run for the England Masters’ marathon team.

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I have recently retired after 32 years as a Consultant in the computing industry and lived in Suffolk and Essex for most of my life.

Term: 3
Current term ends: 30 June 2027

I have been a patient at Ipswich Hospital for over 40 years and a volunteer for over 20.

I am passionate that the patient’s voice is always heard and have sat on many groups, as patient representative, over the years.

As a governor, I always strive to bring the perspective of the patient to the forefront in decision making.

I am involved with the ESNEFT Patient Panels and also sit on the Patient and Public group of IESCCG (Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG).

Term: 3
Current term ends: 31 October 2025

I have been a volunteer at Ipswich Hospital for nearly 48 years and was Chair of Hospital Radio Ipswich for the previous three years.

Based in north Suffolk, I have a keen interest in the work of the Trust as a whole and serve on the Charity Funds Committee and Chair the Membership & Engagement Group.

I have been hugely impressed with the Trust’s handling of COVID-19 and the collateral effects on routine healthcare needs.

Term: 1
Current term ends: 31 October 2025

I am retired service engineer, having worked in Telecommunications and IT. I have also been a Board Member of Suffolk Link and became a member of Suffolk’s Health Scrutiny Committee.

I have been a Suffolk Carer Governor for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust previously and also been involved with Healthwatch Suffolk, the Integrated Care Academy and the Co-Production Hub.

Term: 3
Current term ends: 30 June 2027

I have worked for the NHS in Colchester for nearly 30 years in a variety of clinical roles, including as a support worker, porter, Operating Department Practitioner and for the last 11 years in the Head of Moving & Handling. My role is to try and improve safety for staff and patients.

I have also spent 15 years engaging with the Trust working as a steward with the staff-side trade unions. I have championed a partnership approach rather than an adversarial one and I am the former staff side chairman.

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I have worked at Colchester Hospital since 2014 as a diagnostic radiographer and am currently Pathways to Diagnostics practice placement manager.

I am co-vice chair of the EMBRace network which offers a forum for support and a safe space for staff from ethnic minority backgrounds to share knowledge, skills and experiences.

I am a cultural ambassador, a role that enables me to sit as an equal member of the decision making panel in disciplinary and grievance processes, identifying any biases or discrimination and bringing these to the attention of the panel for consideration in the decision making process.

I am a reverse mentor in the Trust’s reverse mentoring programme, which partners senior level staff with junior members of staff facilitating conversation on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Term: 1
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I have worked for the NHS for 30 years and have developed an extensive knowledge of experience within the healthcare system.

I also volunteer for the Citizens Advisory Bureau and am the point of contact for difficulties encountered when accessing NHS services.

Term: 3
Current term ends: 30 June 2027

My role includes working with head and neck cancer and plastic surgery patients; and line management of staff. I am extremely passionate about the development of new roles; and encourage and facilitate staff to maximise their potential. I strongly believe that communication and regular staff contact is the key to the retention of skilled and dedicated colleagues.

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I was the Dental Public Health Program Manager at Public Health England and was appointed Chief Executive of Healthwatch Essex, having been on the Board for eight years, in 2020.

I have nearly 20 years of experience working in health & social care in hospitals, the community – both private and NHS – and in primary and secondary care.

I have a keen focus on embedding lived experience into the community to help influence change.

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