Steve West
Chair, Health Innovation West of England
Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England
Professor Sir Steve West CBE, DL is Vice-Chancellor, President and CEO of the University of the West of England, Bristol. Steve trained as a …
Natasha Swinscoe
Chief Executive Officer
Health Innovation West of England
A graduate of the NHS management training scheme, Natasha has 29 years’ experience in the NHS as a senior manager and leader. Natasha has worked in …
Mary Hutton
Chief Executive, NHS Gloucestershire
Mary has been the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System lead since spring 2018. She has been Accountable Officer of NHS Gloucestershire CCG since …
Shane Devlin
Chief Executive, BNSSG Integrated Care Board
Before starting in his post at the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB) in February 2022, Shane …
Sue Harriman
Chief Executive, BSW Integrated Care Board
Before joining the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board (ICB), Sue was Chief Executive of Solent NHS Trust …
Ben Bennett
Chief Operating Officer
Health Innovation West of England
ben.bennett1@nhs.net
Prior to joining Health Innovation West of England Ben had a 27-year career in a variety of senior leadership roles in the NHS. Ben has spent over a …
Paddy Bradley
Director, Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership
As Director for the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SWLEP), Paddy has overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of SWLEP …
Mark Juniper
Medical Director
Health Innovation West of England
Mark has been a consultant physician at the Great Western Hospital since 2000. He has held various leadership roles there including Associate Medical …
Kevin McNamara
Chief Executive
Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust
Kevin McNamara was appointed Chief Executive of Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust in January 2024. He had previously worked for Great Western …
Maria Kane
Chief Executive
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust
Maria Kane OBE joined North Bristol NHS Trust as the new Chief Executive in April 2021. Prior to her appointment at NBT, she held the role of Chief …
Pete Carpenter
Director of Programmes
Health Innovation West of England
Pete is as an experienced executive director with over 20 years’ experience working in transformation, innovation and operational delivery within …
Cara Charles-Barks
Chief Executive
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Cara Charles-Barks is the Chief Executive at Royal United Hospitals Bath. She has over 30 years' experience in the public and private health care …
Dr Kyla Thomas
Consultant Senior Lecturer in Public Health Medicine at the University of Bristol and an NIHR Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyla's main research interests are around examining the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and safety of smoking cessation medicines, particularly …
John Macleod
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Primary Care, Director NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West (ARC West), Co-lead Centre for Academic Primary Care and NIHR School for Primary Care Research
John Macleod is Professor in Clinical Epidemiology and Primary Care and a practising GP. He leads research on the causes of health inequality, …
