Board meetings
The Trust Board has overall responsibility for our performance and the way we deliver healthcare, manage our finances and improve services.
The Board is made up of executive and non-executive directors.
Executive directors are directly appointed by the Trust and include the Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Medical Officer.
Non-executive directors are appointed for the skills and experience they can bring from outside the organisation. The Board is led by a non-executive chair.
Meetings of the Trust Board are held in public via Microsoft Teams.
For the Trust Board Register of Interests, please click here.
Phil Hall, Chair
He became a non-executive director at Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust in 2017, and Deputy Chair in 2022. Appointed as an associate non-executive director at Kingston Hospital in 2023, he subsequently became Acting Chair in December 2023.
Phil’s experience of working in both community and hospital services means he is well placed to support the integration our services and support us to work more closely with our partners in primary and social care, mental health, and with voluntary sector services.
Outside of his NHS role, Phil offers consultancy advice and coaching support to senior managers in a range of organisations across the public and private sectors.
Phil has significant board-level and senior management experience within complex public sector organisations and has also served as Chair of the Independent Audit Committee for the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Prof. Durka Dougall, Deputy Chair
She is a medical consultant and public health specialist who has been working in the NHS for over 25 years. She is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Population Health, the Chair of the national Health Creation Alliance, and an Honorary Professor in Public Health and Population Health supporting two global universities. She has been supporting the development of NHS Provider Trust and ICB Boards nationally for the last 10 years.
Durka is a nationally recognised health and care leader who has been involved in a variety of roles addressing population health and tackling health inequalities across the UK and beyond. She is passionate about transforming the approach of the health and care system in England so that it is more joined-up, equitable, effective in prevention as well as treatment, and focussed on enabling people to be healthy for as long as possible.
Damien Régent, Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair
He works at board level with multiple organisations across sectors. His specific expertise is in finance and risk oversight. He is a financial analyst by background and spent a number of years as a credit and risk analyst in the financial services industry.
Damien has audit committee responsibilities on the board of several organisations. He chairs the audit committee at two large housing associations, Longhurst and Southern Housing.
Previously, he had similar responsibilities in various charities including MSF, the humanitarian medical aid organisation. He also sat on the board of high-growth internet businesses.
Zaheer Ahmad MBE, Associate Non-Executive Director
Zaheer is Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at multinational consumer healthcare company, Haleon. Prior to this, he held positions as Head of Strategic Delivery of Diversity and Inclusion at EY, where he chaired the business's Race Working Group, and Head of the Diversity Staff Support Association at the Home Office.
He is a highly decorated former police officer, serving in various departments including Uniform Policing, Force Intelligence Bureau, and CID. He is a former member of five National Police boards including the Ministerial Progression Board and National Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Board.
Debbie Alder, Senior Independent Director and Non-Executive Director
Before taking on this role, Debbie was Director General People, Capability and Place since 2020, having first joined the Executive Team in the Department for Work and Pensions as Director General of Human Resources in January 2014.
Debbie began her career in the private sector in HR, with 21 years of experience across retail, manufacturing and consultancy in the UK, Europe and North America. Starting in Marks and Spencer, she then moved to Ford Motor Company before working in consultancy.
Debbie joined the Civil Service in 2009 and has been Group HR Director for Defra and Group HR Director for Ministry of Justice.
She was invited to become a Chartered Companion of The Institute of Personnel and Development in 2019 having previously led the HR professional development across the Civil Service, chairing the Civil Service HR Capability Board for 5 years.
Debbie is a Steering Group member of the Movement to Work charity and has previously been a Trustee of the Whitehall and Industry Group.
Surinder Birdi, Non-Executive Director
He is an experienced leader who has held positions in automotive, public sector and regulated financial organisations bringing employee relations, talent management, organisational design, HR business partnering and diversity skills and experience.
Surinder also has board level experience in commercial and not-for-profit sectors and is currently a Director at Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd and a Member of the Appointments Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Richard Guest, Non-Executive Director
He is a qualified accountant, and an experienced chief financial officer, management consultant and trustee with more than 20 years of experience working at board level, including being the chief financial officer of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, being a partner and leading the NHS practice at EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and being a director at Monitor.
In addition to his NHS NED role, Richard is a trustee of the homeless and inclusion health charity Pathway, and he also works as a management consultant providing advice to the NHS.
Naz Jivani, Non-Executive Director
Naz graduated at Liverpool University and has lived and worked in the Kingston area either side of his degree.
He has an interest in musculoskeletal medicine, having completed his masters in sports medicine at Nottingham University, and has recently completed training in aviation medicine.
Rosie Waskett, Associate Non-Executive Director
She has previously worked at Westminster Hospital and spent many years at Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
Rosie was appointed as the Nurse Board member of the Primary Care Group in Roehampton and Putney and during this time, converted her Registered Nurse diploma to an honour’s degree at Brunel University, completed the King’s Fund Senior Leaders Experiential Learning programme and later undertook a master’s degree in Health Care Leadership with Tyne Tees University.
Rosie joined Hammersmith and Fulham as a Community Nurse Leader in 2001 and was also appointed as Nurse Board member of the Primary Care Trust. Rosie progressed to be Associate Director for Children and Families for Hammersmith and Fulham, and later Associate Director of all clinical services.
She was subsequently appointed as the Associate Director of Quality in Barnet, and later as the Divisional Director of Nursing and Therapies for the Southwest Division within Central London Community Trust (CLCH).
Rosie is honoured to have also been awarded the title of ‘Queen’s Nurse’ by the Queen’s Nursing Institute. Rosie retired from full time work at CLCH in March 2022, and is now a part time Director of Nursing and works clinically when able.
Jo Farrar, Chief Executive
(voting Board member)
Jo, who was listed in the Health Service Journal Top 50 NHS Trust Chief Executives last year, is also the NHS executive lead for the boroughs of Kingston and Richmond, within the SWL Integrated Care Partnership.
A qualified accountant, Jo has held a number of board level roles in the NHS including at the Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, NHS London’s Provider Agency and he was also Head of Compliance at Monitor, having spent the first 12 years of his career at KPMG.
Nic Kane, Chief Nurse
(voting Board member)
Nic is an experienced senior nurse with extensive clinical, leadership, and operational experience. Within her portfolio, she has been responsible for cancer performance, safeguarding adults, quality and governance, patient experience, health and wellbeing including chaplaincy, practice development, safe staffing, volunteering, dementia and end of life care. She led on the roll out of the COVID vaccination programme, lateral flow and staff COVID testing.
She has worked in a variety of nursing leadership roles in NHS trusts, including at Barts Health NHS Trust and The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust.
Nic is the Trust's clinical representative for the cancer vanguard working across SW and NW London, and she led a collaborative project with NHSE which led to introduction of the faster cancer diagnosis pilot.
She is also the Baby Friendly Guardian (as part of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative) at the Trust, is the Board Maternity Safety Champion, and is the Domestic Abuse and Violence Lead.
Bill Oldfield, Chief Medical Officer
(voting Board member)
Following qualification, he trained in General and Respiratory Medicine in North West London and undertook a dedicated period of research at the National Heart and Lung Institute leading to the award of a PhD Degree.
He was appointed as a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine to St Mary’s and Royal Brompton Hospitals in 2003 with a special interest in High Dependency Medicine.
He subsequently held several clinical managerial positions at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust including Chief of Service, Deputy Medical Director, and Interim Medical Director before moving to University Hospitals Bristol as Medical Director in 2018.
He returned to London in 2021 as Medical Director at Kingston Hospital and was appointed as Chief Medical Officer at the Trust in 2022.
Yarlini Roberts, Chief Finance Officer
(voting Board member)
She has held several senior roles in NHS provider and commissioning organisations in South London, including Director of Financial Strategy for the SWL CCG.
Yarlini worked as Director of Finance for Kingston and Richmond CCGs and has also supported a major mental health consultation in south west London in 2014 as finance lead.
Anne Stratton, Chief Operating Officer - community
(voting Board member)
Anne has over 29 years of experience in adult and children’s services. She has worked within the acute sector, commissioning sector and community sectors in Birmingham, Kent, Sheffield and London.
Anne started her career as an administrative assistant and has held several senior general management and service improvement roles.
Rachel Stanfield, Chief People Officer
(voting Board member)
She has previously held a series of senior people leadership roles, including Deputy Director of People and OD.
Rachel has over 25 years healthcare experience. She has worked in a range of operational management, project and leadership roles as well as provided strategic consultancy at Board level and internationally.
Rachel is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a qualified ILM Level 7 Executive Coach.
Tracey Moore, Chief Operating Officer - acute
Before joining Kingston Hospital in 1991, Tracey worked in a general managerial capacity in a number of tertiary hospitals in London including St. George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and what was Guy’s Hospital.
In a long career at Kingston Hospital, Tracey has led multidisciplinary teams in the delivery of service improvement projects, capital developments and achievement of key national performance targets.
As Chief Operating Officer, Tracey leads the two clinical divisions of unplanned and planned care and works closely with colleagues in the local authorities, community Trusts and other acute Trusts in London.
Anna Jebb, Acting Director of Strategy
Anna has over 20 years of experience in senior operational leadership roles in the NHS, both in specialist and general acute settings. She joined the organisation in 2016, as Associate Director for Planned Care, and in 2021 moved into a strategic role. Anna most recently directed the programme of work to bring together Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare (HRCH) and Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and is the executive lead for integration and strategy for the Trust.
Anna is passionate about the NHS and loves working with clinical and operational teams. Anna spent several years leading an outpatient transformation programme at Kingston Hospital and is now focused on working with all our partners across the health system to make real improvements to patient care.
Anthony Lundrigan, Interim Chief Digital Information Officer
With over 25 years of experience in the application of technology in health and care in England and internationally, he has worked for the past 18 years in various digital leadership roles nationally, regionally, at ICS and at many Trusts including several at Board level.
His role is responsible for leading how digital, data and technology can improve health and care for our patients, and the experience of our staff in the use of our digital systems and services.
Tara Ferguson-Jones, Director of Communications and Engagement
Tara is Director of Communications and Engagement for the Trust.
Tara is an accomplished communications professional with more than 20 years of experience in a variety of communication leadership roles in local government and NHS organisations including Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and West London NHS Trust. As Director of Communications and Engagement at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, Tara leads on shaping the Trust’s internal and external communications, ensuring clarity, transparency, and collaboration at every level. Tara is also the NHS communications lead on the Kingston and Richmond borough-based partnerships.