Our Board
Caroline Donovan
Chief Executive
Caroline was appointed Chief Executive of the Trust in September 2014...
Tony Gadsby
Vice-Chair
Tony was appointed as Vice Chair in 2017, have initially been appointed as a Non-executive Director for the Trust in 2009
Suzanne Robinson
Director of Finance, Performance & Digital
Suzanne joined the Trust in March 2016 from The Christie NHS Foundation Trust...
Alex Brett
Director of Workforce, OD and Communications
Alex has a wealth of experience and award-winning achievement in Workforce, OD and HR...
Maria Nelligan
Director of Nursing & Quality
Maria has a passion for patient and service user experience and the ongoing development of nurses...
Dr Olubukola (Buki) Adeyemo
Medical Director
Dr Adeyemo is a qualified consultant in Old Age Psychiatry and has worked in the NHS...
Jonathan O'Brien
Director of Operations
Jonathan joins us from Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where has been the Director of Operations since 2015.
Andrew Hughes
Director of Strategy & Development
Andrew previously supported the Trust as Interim Director of Strategy...
Patrick Sullivan
Non-Executive Director
Patrick lives in Leek, in the Staffordshire Moorlands. He trained and worked....
Joan Walley
Non-Executive Director
Joan was MP for Stoke-on-Trent North for 28 years, stepping down in 2015...
Lorien Barber
Non-Executive Director
For seven years Lorien Barber served as Director of North Staffs Users Group...
Gan Mahadea
Non-Executive Director
Gan moved to Stoke-on-Trent in 2006 and in 2013 formed General & Medical Accountants Limited, a chartered accountancy firm based in the city
Laurie Wrench
Associate Director of Governance
Laurie joined the Trust in 2007 as Head of Clinical Audit and Research...
Joe McCrea
Associate Director of Communications
Joe joined the Trust in December 2016 having previously been Director of Communications at East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG...