Four Non-Executive Directors have been appointed to the new Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) to oversee the development and planning of integrated health and care services for the local population.
Announcing the new appointments, Stephanie Elsy, Chair designate of the BSW ICB said: “I’m absolutely delighted to welcome such an experienced and knowledgeable group of NonExecutive Directors to the BSW ICB at such an exciting and challenging time for our local health and care system.
“They will play a key role on our emerging Board, helping to oversee our health and care services and making sure that, together, we do the best we can for people and communities across BSW.
“We have a strong record of delivery and improvement and are proud of what we have achieved together as a partnership during the pandemic. I look forward to the extra insight and vision that they will bring.”
Dr Claire Feehily – Non-Executive Director for Audit
Dr Feehily is a qualified accountant, holds an MBA and has particular expertise in financial and risk governance and in helping organisations to engage properly with those who use services and learn from what they say. She is currently a Non-Executive Director at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust and a member the Board of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. She has previously been Chair of Healthwatch Gloucestershire. Claire trained as an accountant in local government, becoming Director of Finance at the City of Westminster and Assistant Director of Social Services and Assistant County Treasurer at Essex County Council. She has more than 30 years’ experience at executive and nonexecutive levels across the public and charitable sectors and has non-executive experience serving on three NHS boards since 2010.
Julian Kirby – Non-Executive Director for Public and Community Engagement
Julian is a Wiltshire resident and has been Governing Body Lay Member for Patient and Public Engagement at Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (BSW CCG) since 2018. He currently chairs both the Quality and Performance and Finance Committees. Previously he was a Police Officer in the Wiltshire Constabulary, fulfilling many senior roles including Divisional Commander. In 2010 he was appointed Assistant Chief Constable of South Wales Police, one of the largest and busiest police forces in the country. On retiring from policing in 2014 he joined Age UK Salisbury as CEO where he was responsible for merging that charity with Age UK Wiltshire & Swindon in 2016 and leading the new organisation until 2020.
Suzannah Power – Non-Executive Director for Remuneration and People
Suzannah has many years’ Board level experience. She started her career in political research and has since worked in marketing, customer research and international education. She has been an advisor on seven NICE Guideline Development Groups, a member of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Council and is a current member of the BHF Data Science Centre CVD-COVID UK Approvals and Oversight Board. Her NHS experience includes roles in acute trusts, community trusts and commissioning organisations. She was previously Deputy Chair and Lay Member for Primary Care Commissioning at BSW CCG.
Professor Rory Shaw – Non-Executive Director for Quality & Performance
Professor Shaw trained as a physician at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School and has been Medical Director of three NHS Trusts: Northwest London Hospitals NHS Trust, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and the Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust. He was also Imperial College Professor of Respiratory Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital in London. In 2001 he was appointed by the then Minister of Health as the first Chairman of the National Patient Safety Agency and more recently was Medical Director of Healthcare UK within the Department of International Trade. He currently holds non-executive roles with two medical technology companies.
