Meet the directors

David became chief executive on 31 August 2021. Prior to this, David was chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Tim Jaggard was appointed Finance Director in April 2016 having previously held the posts of Interim Finance Director and Deputy Finance Director at UCLH.

Flo Panel-Coates was appointed UCLH chief nurse in April 2015, coming to the organisation from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University NHS Trust where she was Chief Nurse for two and a half years.

Geoff Bellingan was appointed Medical Director in September 2009. He previously held posts as Clinical Director and Divisional Clinical Director between 2006 and 2009.

Gill was Medical Director for the Specialist Hospitals Board from 2010-2019 and was appointed as medical director, digital healthcare, in October 2019.

Tim Hodgson, Consultant in Oral Medicine and Honorary Associate Professor, was appointed Medical Director of the Specialist Hospitals Board UCLH Foundation NHS Trust in November 2019 and joined the Board as an Executive Director in January 2020.

Charles House was appointed Medical Director in July 2017 having previously been the interim Medical Director since March 2016.

Laura Churchward is the director of strategy at UCLH. Her portfolio includes strategic development, fundraising, communications, property and the development and delivery of all capital projects across the UCLH.

Liz O’Hara was appointed as director of workforce in February 2021, having previously held the positions of interim director of workforce and deputy director of workforce at UCLH.

Bryan Williams is Chair of Medicine at University College London (UCL) and Director of the UCL and UCLH National Institutes for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.

Baroness Neuberger became UCLH chair on 25 February 2019. Throughout her career, Julia has made an extensive contribution to healthcare policy and management.

Dr Jane Collins became a non-executive director at UCLH in November 2018. She was appointed vice chair in November 2019.

Dr Junaid Bajwa became a non-executive director at UCLH in September 2018. He was born at UCLH and is a practising GP with experience of serving a deprived London

Althea Efunshile was appointed as a non-executive director in May 2016. She became the senior independent director in November 2019.

Martin Jacobs joined UCLH as a non-executive director on 1 January 2020. He spent 20 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he was a Partner within the Corporate Finance division.

David Lomas joined the Board in September 2015 and was reappointed for a second term until September 2021.

Simon Porter joined UCLH as a non-executive director on 1 April 2020. He is a chartered accountant whose executive career at the London office of Ernst & Young ranged across audit, corporate finance and risk management.

Adam Sharples joined the board as a non-executive director in September 2019. He was a civil servant for nearly 25 years, holding a range of posts in HM Treasury.

Rob Vincent became an associate non-executive director at UCLH on 14 October 2020 and lives in Islington. Rob was the Chief Executive of Kirklees in West Yorkshire until 2010.