Our Regional Team

Our Core Team

Our core team works with partners and wider stakeholders to deliver the overall ambitions of Wessex Health Partners. Tap a photo to read about them.

William Rosenberg

Chair

Christine McGrath

Managing Director

Kathy Wallis

Associate Director

Louisa Sillence

Business Support Assistant

Kat McCulloch

Senior Communications Officer

Desi Baramova

Programme Coordinator

Nina Barratt

Programme Coordinator

Chrissy Sturt

Senior Communications and Strategy Manager

Carole Walford

Associate Director


Board

Our board oversees the development and delivery of our strategy, business plan and associated programmes. Our board members act as custodians of our values, help promote a culture of partnership working and collaboration, and bring expertise and experience from across the health and care and research and innovation landscape.

Alastair Hutchison

Research Director

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Einar Thorsen

Dean of Research, Innovation and Enterprise

Bournemouth University

Anoop Chauhan

Executive Director of Research

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Christine McGrath

Managing Director

Wessex Health Partners

Diana Eccles

Dean of Medicine

University of Southampton

Lara Alloway

Chief Medical Officer

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board

Lesley Haig

Vice-Chancellor

Health Sciences University

Lucy Knight

Chief Medical Officer

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Nicola Bent

Chief Executive Officer

Health Innovation Wessex

Paul Grundy

Chief Medical Officer

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Paul Johnson

Chief Medical Officer

NHS Dorset

Peter Wilson

Chief Medical Officer

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Richard Thelwell

Executive Dean Faculty of Science and Health

University of Portsmouth

William Rosenberg

Chair

Wessex Health Partners

Ruth Williamson

Chief Medical Officer

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mark Kelsey

Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Primary Care

Hampshire and Isle of White NHS Foundation Trust

Bernie Marden

Cluster Chief Medical Officer

NHS Dorset