Executive leadership team
Learn more about our executive leadership team
Non executive directors

Professor Eileen Kaner
Currently director of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) for the North East and North. Her research aims to improve health and well-being via the development and evaluation of interventions focused on reducing risk due to alcohol, substance use and links to mental health problems. You can read more about Professor Kaner here.

Jon Rush
Jon Rush is chair of the North Cumbria Integrated Care Partnership System Leadership Board and is a strong advocate for involving people in service change and improvement and working with the third sector. You can read more about Jon here.

Hannah Bows
Hannah is currently an associate professor in Criminal Law and deputy dean of Durham Law School. Her research focuses on domestic abuse, sexual abuse and homicide, and most of her work to date has looked at abuse of older adults. She was previously chair of Age UK Teesside.

David Stout OBE
David has worked within the NHS for over 43 years. He is a qualified chartered public finance accountant and has been finance director for 10 NHS organisations. He was acting chief executive for the North East Strategic Health Authority for several years and was non-executive director at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 9 years.
Partner members
Foundation Trust - partner members
Ken Bremner, chief executive, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Rajesh Nadkarni, executive medical director, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Local Authority - partner members
Tom Hall, director of public health, South Tyneside Council
Deputy - Colin Cox, director of public health, Cumbria County Council
Ann Workman, director of adults and health, Stockton-on-Tees
Deputy - Eric Scollay, director of adult and social care and health integration, Middlesbrough Council
Catherine McEvoy-Carr, director of children, education and skills, Newcastle City Council
Deputy - Helen Fergusson, Strategic Director, Social Care and Lifelong Learning, Gateshead Council
Councillor Shane Moore, Hartlepool Borough Council
Primary Medical Services - partner members
Dr Mike Smith
Dr Saira Malik