24 July 2015
Tony Buckham and Candace Imison will join Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Board of Directors as Non-Executive Directors from 1 September 2015.
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Tony Buckham |
Tony brings a wealth of experience from his time working within complex global organisations. He has provided strategic support to the HSBC Group Management Board Directors, with particular expertise within IT and Corporate Real Estate for over ten years.
He has led divisions of up to 7000 staff with particular focus on people development to enable global transformational change. He has also made a significant contribution to mentoring and coaching programmes.
Tony said: “I am delighted to be appointed to the Board of Directors of such a prestigious NHS Trust and I am very much looking forward to working with the Directors, Governors and staff across all areas of the Trust. Whilst I have much to learn, I am confident I can bring relevant experience to the Trust and very much look forward to meeting staff and patients over the coming months.”
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Candace Imison |
Candace brings extensive senior leadership and board level experience within the NHS, health policy and government. As Director of Healthcare systems at The Nuffield Trust she is currently leading a newly formed directorate, leading on exploration into new ways of working as well as generalist and specialist medical care in hospital, and the development of emergency surgical services. Prior to working at the Nuffield Trust she was the Deputy Director of Policy at the King’s Fund and Senior Strategy Advisor at the Department of Health. She has also been Vice Chair of Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for the last five years. A post she is giving up to join the Sheffield board.
Candace said: “I am delighted to be joining the Board of such a high performing trust, and a trust that is continually seeking to improve and innovate. I am looking forward to contributing to and helping that effort in whichever way I can.”
Trust Chairman, Tony Pedder OBE, welcomed the appointments.
Tony said: “I am pleased to welcome Tony and Candace to the Board of Directors. I am delighted that we have been able to appoint such high quality candidates who brings years of relevant experience with them. They will bring invaluable expertise which will help us to further enhance our high quality care and specialist services that benefit patients from Sheffield and all over the country.”
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Claire Judge, Communications Specialist
Tel: 0114 226 5033
Email: claire.judge@sth.nhs.uk