The Board steers us into an exciting future of innovation, while ensuring we deliver against the objectives licensed by NHS England. Our approach of close partnership working with our members - and the other elements of the NHS system - is underpinned by mutual Board representation. We are committed to joint decision making on 'who does what,' aligning resources, and undertaking joint work.
Download PDFOur senior leadership team brings a broad range of experience and skills to provide direction and oversight across our work. The executive team is accountable to our Board.
Fiona Driscoll
Chair
Fiona specialises in designing transformation strategies and operational plans to deliver success...
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Bill Gillespie
Chief Executive
Bill is an experienced health manager who had worked at board level in health organisations in th...
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Dave Meehan
Director for Partnerships and Deputy Chief Executive
Dave has been employed by the AHSN since its establishment in 2013 and is currently directly resp...
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David Kryl
Director of Insight
Dr David Kryl is the Director of Insight at the Wessex AHSN and its Centre for Implementation Sci...
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Sarah Turl
Corporate Business Manager
Sarah has over 30 years’ experience in a variety of management roles, operating across the public...
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Rachel Dominey
Associate Director - Strategic Themes (Primary Care and Mental Health)
Rachel joined Wessex AHSN in 2014 leading the Respiratory Quality Improvement Programme to nation...
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Michael Goodeve
Associate Director - Communications
Michael has worked in public sector communications for over fifteen years, in a variety of local,...
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Alison Griffiths
Associate Director - Strategic Themes (Mental Health and Medicines Optimisation)
Alison has worked in healthcare for over 20 years in both the NHS and private arenas, beginning h...
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Frank Ratcliff
Associate Director, Industry & Innovation
After a PhD in the genetics at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Frank quickly moved into commercial rese...
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Joe Sladen
Associate Director - National Programmes
Joe leads the AHSN’s Nationally Prioritised Innovations programme – this programme aims to suppor...
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Kathy Wallis
Associate Director - Strategic Themes (Healthy Ageing and Medicines Optimisation)
Kathy Wallis is Associate Director for Strategic Programmes (Healthy Ageing and Medicines Optimis...
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Our staff come from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academia, frontline health and social care, research, analytics and NHS support services.
Sophie Barton
Evaluation Programme Analyst
Sophie joined the AHSN in May 2019 with 7 years’ experience of working in healthcare analytics. S...
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Heather Bowles
Programme Manager Innovation & Adoption
Heather Bowles is one of our Programme Managers currently working within the Medicines Optimisati...
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Ms Cindy Brooks
Research Fellow, CIS
Cindy Brooks joined in January 2017 as a Research Fellow at Wessex AHSN - Centre for Implementati...
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Sofia Calado
Programme Assistant - Industry & Innovation
Sofia joined the Wessex AHSN in March 2020 as a Programme Assistant for the Industry & Innovation...
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Jackie Chandler
Evaluation Programme Manager (Qualitative)
Jackie has a background in general and mental health nursing in both the NHS and voluntary sector...
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Geoff Cooper
Programme Manager & Improvement Coach
Geoff is a qualified nurse with a background in intensive care and
coronary care nursing, speci...
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Cheryl Davies
Programme Manager Healthy Ageing
Cheryl Davies has worked for the NHS for over 18 years. Her background is in statistics and has w...
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Linda du Preez
Programme Co-ordinator Healthy Ageing
Linda is a Programme Co-ordinator for Wessex AHSN within the Healthy Ageing workstream.
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Charlotte Forder
Senior Communications and Strategy Manager
Charlotte is Communications Manager for Wessex Academic Health Science Network.
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Katherine Gale
Programme Co-ordinator Mental Health
Katherine is the Programme Coordinator for mental health. Katherine joined Wessex AHSN in Novembe...
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Alison Griffiths
Associate Director - Strategic Themes (Mental Health and Medicines Optimisation)
Alison has worked in healthcare for over 20 years in both the NHS and private arenas, beginning h...
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Dr Richard Guerrero-Ludueña
Senior Research Fellow, CIS
Dr. Richard Guerrero-Ludueña is a Senior Research Fellow at the Wessex AHSN Centre for Implementa...
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Sarah Harraway
Senior Programme Manager - Insight
Sarah has worked in the NHS for the last 10 years in a variety of innovation and service improvem...
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Dr Robert Hull
Research and Innovation Associate
After working for a biotech start up, Robert gained a PhD in respiratory microbiology at the Univ...
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Jemima Kakpa
Senior Administrator & Communications Officer
Jemima Kakpa joined the Wessex AHSN - Centre for Implementation Science (CIS) in January 2019.
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Sam Kehoe-Coulter
PA to CEO & Business Support
Sam is PA to the Chief Executive Officer and has over 15 years experience in a wide range of admi...
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Nadia Kuftinoff
Programme Co-ordinator - Innovation Adoption
Nadia began her career as a software development project manager in London. Her projects included...
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Lesley Mackenzie
Programme Manager
Lesley is the Workstream Lead for NHSEI Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme.
Sh...
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Dr Catherine Matheson-Monnet
Senior Research Fellow, CIS
Catherine [MA (Hons:1), MSc (MedEd), PhD, CertCouns, FHEA] joined Wessex AHSN in 2015 as Senior R...
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Kathleen McCulloch
Senior Communications Officer
Kathleen is the Senior Communications Officer at Wessex AHSN. She began her career in local gover...
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Philippa Moran
Senior Programme Manager Insight
Philippa joined the AHSN in November 2018 with nearly 8 years NHS experience, having been with th...
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Caroline Norris
Wessex PSC Administrator
Caroline joined the Patient Safety Collaborative in April 2018 after 12 years’ experience in heal...
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Robert Payne
Innovation Adoption Programme Coordinator
Rob studied Ancient History at Swansea University and graduated in 1998.
He spent 4 years work...
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Peter Rhodes
Senior Programme Manager Industry & Innovation
Peter is Senior Programme Manager for Industry & Innovation. He joined WAHSN in 2018 after a 30-...
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Vicki Rowse
Senior Programme Manager
Vicki leads the PReCePT and Atrial Fibrillation programmes at Wessex Academic Health Science Netw...
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Andrew Sibley
Evaluation Programme Manager
Andrew undertook his PhD at the Centre for Innovation and Leadership, Faculty of Health Sciences,...
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Andrew Smith
Programme Assistant - Business Support
Andrew has developed his career working in public service firstly within Adult Social Care before...
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Paul Steynor
Programme Manager Industry & Innovation
Paul Steynor is the Programme Manager in the Industry and Innovation team
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Katie Taylor
Programme Manager Innovation Adoption
Katie is an Innovation Adoption Programme Manager.
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Suzi van Es
Innovation Adoption Programme & Medicines Optimisation (Local) Programme Manager
Suzi is an Innovation Adoption Programme Manager with a focus on the spread of nationally priorit...
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Adam Wells
Programme Manager – Innovation Adoption
After completing a degree in physiotherapy, Adam began working on the contracting and procurement...
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Matthew Williams
Programme Manager Primary Care Innovations
After nearly 20 years within the private sector, Matthew joined Wessex AHSN in 2018 as an Innovat...
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Anna Wykes
Programme Co-ordinator | COPD & Medicines Safety
Anna is a Programme Co-ordinator who joined the Wessex Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) in Augu...
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