Board of Directors

Margaret joined us in 2016 as a non-executive director. She became our chair in January 2022.

Her career has focused on economics, risk, and regulation. She brings a wealth of leadership experience to her role. Margaret has been deputy chairman of the University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust. She was also a non-executive director of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

Margaret also holds the position of governance leader for Cornish Mutual.

She has a Bachelor of the Arts (BA) in economics and political science and a Master of Sciences (MSc) in economics. Margaret completed a financial programme at the London Business School. She has also completed the strategy programme at INSEAD.

Tamsyn became our chief operating officer in December 2021. In this role she oversees all clinical and operational services.

She brings a unique perspective to the role having trained and worked as a GP. She is a former GP partner at Newquay Health Centre. She has extensive senior-level and clinical experience. She has held board-level positions in both commissioning and provider organisations.

Tamsyn has held a variety of roles with our local clinical commissioning group. These include medical director, practice-based commissioning, and governing body roles.

Since 2016 she has been a member of our board of directors. Tamsyn is enthusiastic about the integration of primary care, acute, and community services.

Kelvyn joined our board of directors in August 2019. He is a dual appointment with the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

Before joining the NHS Kelvyn had an extensive civil service career of almost 20 years. He has worked in senior technology roles in both the private sector and civil service. During his career he has transformed some of the largest IT service contracts in the UK.

Kelvyn is a Chartered Engineer. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. He is also a Member of the British Computer Society. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) honours in physics and computer science. Alongside this, he holds a Master's in Philosophy (MPhil).

Kim joined us in 2019. This was an expansion of her role with the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. She became the deputy chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in 2020.

She has extensive strategic and operational experience at a senior management level. During her career she has worked within healthcare systems in the UK and South Africa. Kim began her nursing training at Addington Hospital, in Durban in 1983. This makes her our most senior globally educated nurse. Kim went on to complete her mental health training in 1984.

Kim returned to the UK in 1999, taking up various roles with the Dudley Group of hospitals. She completed her Master of Science (MSc) in Professional Health Care Studies in 2006.

She is passionate about developing our non-medical workforce, leadership, and a just culture. She is an Honorary Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Plymouth.

In the 2020 Queen's New Year Honours list, Kim was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM).

Appointed in January 2023.

Alison joined Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in 2022 and became Dual Chief People Officer for both of Cornwall's provider Trusts in 2023.

Alison is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development, and holds a MA in Human Resource Management.

She spent her early career in the private sector working for large retail companies before moving to TV, radio broadcasting, internet, and IT.

Alison has worked as a human resources director within the acute NHS sector and held the role of the Chair for the human resources network of the Association of UK University Hospitals.

Alison has held a non-executive director role for Young Enterprise and a board member role for NHS Employers Policy Board.

Alison also has been a chief operating officer within palliative care and held various executive human resource director roles for a university, and the residential/domiciliary care sector.

Alison has a passion for inclusion and customer service.

Stuart joined the Trust in March 2024 as a non-executive director. He will chair the People, Finance and Sustainability Committee.

Stuart's previous experience has focused on finance and economics. He worked for 23 years in investment banking in London and New York rising to head of European corporate debt capital markets at UBS. He subsequently spent 5 years in social investment asset management. He has taught history and economic history at university.

Stuart is an Independent Governor at the University of Greenwich. He is also a main board member at the SEND board of Kingston Council.

Stuart has a BA in PPE and a doctorate in History from the University of Oxford. He has published 2 books on economic history.

Julie joined our Board of Directors in December 2024.

In July 2021, she joined the Board of Governors at Falmouth University and in August 2023 became Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors, and Senior Independent Member at Falmouth University.

Julie has an extensive career in policing. She has served with both Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police. Julie worked in a variety of policing roles including as the Commander for Policing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. During her career, she managed complex serious crimes, public protection investigations and major incidents. She left the force as Assistant Chief Constable.

She has led ambitious change and improvement programmes. She has a keen interest in evidenced-based practice. For example, the use of public health approaches in policing. Julie led the Community Safety Partnership, the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategic Group and worked with partners and communities to reduce crime and harm. She was a key contributor to the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health and Wellbeing Board and Public Sector Leadership Programme.

She is a qualified coach. While in the police, she led on the development of wellbeing services for officers and staff.

Miriam joined the Trust in July 2023. She has extensive experience of working in the NHS and local government within the south west, including roles in public health, primary care commissioning and as a director of adult social services. Miriam has also been chair of SHAL Housing in Somerset. Since 2012 she has been a company director, providing consultancy support to adult social care services.

Miriam is passionate about care quality and reducing inequalities in health. She is a family carer and draws on that experience to try and see health and care services from the perspective of the public.

Amanda joined us as a non-executive director in 2022. Before this she was the chief executive officer of HealthWatch Cornwall.

Alongside her non-executive director role, Amanda works as a consultant in public engagement with NHS England and the third sector. She was formerly development director with health charities including Meningitis Now and the Royal Osteoporosis Society. As chair of the board of trustees for Young Dementia UK she led the merger with Dementia UK and has also been a trustee for Taunton Women's Refuge. In 2020 Amanda founded Cornwall Women's Fund.

Amanda is a qualified neurolinguistic practitioner. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (the Chartered Governance Institute).