Please see below for a list of our board members at the Trust and what they do.
Anita Day
Chair
Anita is a chartered accountant, with board experience in the private, public and third sectors.
Her NHS career includes time as a non-executive director at both Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, and most recently as chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
She is also a non-executive member of the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, where her particular areas of focus are workforce strategy, health inequalities and digital transformation.
Adam Sewell-Jones
Chief Executive
Adam has worked in the NHS since 1992 and is passionate about continuously improving services for patients. Having joined as a trainee accountant, he qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant and held a number of finance and operational management roles in trusts in London and Essex. At Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust he held the positions of Director of Finance and Continuous Improvement, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive.
He then went on to hold national leadership roles as Director of Provider Sustainability, Director of Improvement and Regional Director for the South West of England. In these roles he led a number of national programmes including the Virginia Mason NHS partnership, the Vital Signs programme, the Culture and Leadership programme and the Aspiring CEO programme, as well as national policies for improvement and leadership development.
Prior to joining the Trust Adam was the Chief Executive of Newham Hospital in East London. He also remains a faculty member of the Good Governance Institute.
Karen McConnell
Deputy Chair
Karen, who lives in St Ippolyts (near Hitchin), studied Bacteriology at Newcastle University before joining the Northern Regional Health Authority as a finance trainee in 1983 based in Newcastle. In 1985 she joined the Audit Commission where she completed her accountancy training.
Karen held a variety of senior positions at the Audit Commission, including as a district auditor and regional director, before leading the Audit Practice and its 900 staff through the transition of outsourcing the Commission’s work to the private sector during 2011 and 2012.
Karen was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) to the States of Jersey in January 2013 and completed her 7 year term in December 2019.
In addition to her role at the Trust, Karen acts as an adviser to Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA).
David Buckle
Non-executive
A GP in Woodley, Berkshire for over 30 years, David also has had a long career in clinical leadership and, subsequently, medical management. In 2015, he was appointed as the medical director for the Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group before retiring in early 2018; he is also a non-executive director of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust where he chairs the quality committee. His third NHS non-executive role is for Salisbury Hospital Foundation Trust .
David has been a member of the Society for the Assistance of Medical Families for over three decades. This charity which supports Doctors in difficult times, started up 230 years ago and David was voted President in 2018. He is also a trustee and vice Chair for the Stroke Association, the country’s largest stroke charity.
Peter Carter OBE
Non-executive
Peter was chief executive at the Royal College of Nursing from January 2007 to August 2015. Prior to his role at the RCN, he was chief executive of the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust for 12 years. Now an independent healthcare consultant, Peter was awarded an OBE for services to the NHS in 2006.
Val Moore
Non-executive
Val Moore, who lives in Cambridge, has worked in several roles for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) between 2006 and 2015 – including on its Board as Implementation Director.
Originally trained in psychology and as a science and physical education teacher, Val moved into the NHS in 1990 working in health promotion, prior to taking up roles including executive director in the former Cambridgeshire Health Authority and then regional associate director for the Health Development Agency (1999 to 2006).
Val has served as six years as Chair of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough up until September 2021 and has other independent roles within the integrated care system. She is a Trustee/Director for the Sport England active living partnership in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area, mirroring her interest in sports and as an active outdoors swimming coach.
Val will complete her second four-year term with ENH NHS Trust on 31 August 2024.
Jonathan Silver
Non-executive
Jonathan, who lives in Aldenham, studied operational research and accountancy at Strathclyde University, graduating in 1978. On qualifying as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton in 1981, he moved to Fisons plc. After five years, Jonathan joined Laird plc –a global technology company providing systems, components and solutions that protect electronics from electromagnetic interference and heat, and that enable connectivity in wireless applications and antennae systems. Following 29 years with Laird, the last 21 of which had been as its chief financial officer and main Board director, Jonathan retired in 2015. He is a non-executive director and audit committee chairman of Henderson High Income Trust PLC and of Spirent Communications plc.
Nina Janda
Non-executive
Nina lives in St Albans and has spent much of her career establishing teams and organisations that have focused on using data analytics to transform patient care and operational processes across a number of health systems including the NHS, Europe, Australia and the USA. This has included developing and driving an international division at Dr Foster Intelligence and founding a unique global program that compared and improved health outcomes across 10 countries. In 2018, Nina became the CEO of Global Health Data @Work, a non-profit organisation, funded by global hospitals with the purpose of working collaboratively to transform their health systems.
Martin Armstrong
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance
Martin provides financial leadership to the Trust, ensuring that strong governance and commercial arrangements are in place and that the organisation is well placed to take advantage of strategic opportunities.
He is a qualified accountant with over 25 years' experience at senior and Board levels, with a successful track record of achievements operating as a Director and Deputy Chief Executive in complex and varied NHS organisations across the country.
Martin is a highly experienced, values driven NHS leader with a strong reputation as an successful and innovative problem solver, always striving to deliver high quality, cost effective services to patients.
A strong team player with an excellent reputation for achieving significant results across a broad range of portfolios including, business intelligence and performance management, contracting and strategy, financial improvement, and turnaround in challenged organisations
Justin Daniels
Medical Director
Justin joined East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust as Medical Director in April 2023.
Justin is a Consultant Paediatrician and has a wealth of experience most recently as Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and before that held various roles at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust for 18 years. Justin is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL).
Theresa Murphy
Chief Nurse
Theresa is the Chief Nurse at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, having joined the executive team on 2 September 2022 with over 30 years’ experience in complex health and care settings.
Theresa began her career as a senior nurse in critical care, transplantation and acute medicine and has been the chief nursing officer in a range of organisations including Portsmouth University Hospital Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital, The Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust and The London Clinic. After becoming a registered general nurse in 1987, Theresa trained in neuroscience, transplant nursing and critical care.
Theresa holds an LLB and was a London scholar for Florence Nightingale Foundation; she is currently studying for an MA in leadership and has previously attended Oxford University for global executive studies.
Theresa is passionate about patient focused care and advancing clinical practice.
Lucy Davies
Chief Operating Officer
Lucy joined the NHS as a graduate management trainee and progressed through roles in operations, performance and transformation. Lucy has significant experience in developing teams and leading change at team, division, trust and system level.
Lucy joined the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in April 2022 from Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, where she led cultural change and operational improvement as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Strategy & Improvement. Lucy also led an innovative programme of mutual aid for North Central London Integrated Care System as part of its elective recovery programme.
Lucy is a mum to two teenage boys and lives in north London.
Mark Stanton
Chief Information Officer
Mark joined our Trust from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust in April 2019 – where he was Executive Chief Information Officer (CIO) for 4 years, delivering a successful digital programme including an electronic patient record system.
Prior to joining the NHS, Mark held a number of senior IT roles at Board level within global private sector businesses including General Motors Europe, Siemens, GEC, BUPA and InHealth Group.
Mark’s early career was managing large-scale data centres before moving to consultancy – with the last 10 years spent in executive CIO-level roles.
Mark’s focus is to support the Trust in moving to a fit for purpose digital environment that supports our staff to deliver safe patient care and improve outcomes whilst integrating us into the wider health and social care economy.
Thomas Pounds
Chief People Officer
Thomas was appointed as Chief People Officer in April 2021, having worked previously in the Trust as the Deputy Director of Workforce and Organisational Development.
Thomas began his career in the NHS in 2003, working for NHS Professionals. During his 12 years there he covered a range of operational and strategic workforce roles, progressing to Regional Lead, where he was responsible for the client management of 15 NHS organisations across London, Essex and Hertfordshire.
He joined the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust team in 2015 as Head of Temporary Staffing and Medical Resourcing. He then progressed to Deputy Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, leading key strategic work including the Integrated Care System bank network agreement which helped to save the NHS millions in agency costs.
Thomas is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and is passionate about the delivery of the organisation’s People Strategy to create an inclusive workplace where our people can work, grow, thrive and care together.
Kevin O'Hart
Director of Improvement
Kevin moved from an early career in finance and capital markets and qualified as a registered nurse in 2000. He has since worked clinically in a number of NHS Trusts including University College Hospitals London and East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Kevin initially joined East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust as programme management office director in April 2017, before been recruited into a new position as director of improvement in November 2019.
With an extensive and varied clinical background, Kevin has held a number of senior corporate roles in nursing, quality, governance and risk with more recent experience focusing on project management and transformation, at both sub-board and executive level.
Kevin Howell
Director of Estates and Facilities
Kevin joined the Trust in January 2020. With nearly 40 years’ experience in the NHS, Kevin has held several senior and executive Estates and facilities roles in the London area – including the PRU Hospital, Barnet and Chase Farm, Watford, North Middlesex and St Georges. He has led on the development of two new hospitals and a new midwifery led unit in north London.
Kevin leads on the development and implementation of the Estates and Facilities Strategy. The role encompasses hard Facilities Management services (engineering and building), soft Facilities Management services (cleaning and catering), security and electro biomedical engineering (medical devices).
Kevin’s passion is ensuring the safety of patients, visitors and staff whilst under our care, ensuring a sustainable future for the Trust.
