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
Senior Independent Director
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.
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.
Richard Oosterom
Associate Non-executive
Richard is an experienced senior executive who worked most of his career in the IT and technology sector throughout Europe and in the US and Asia.
During his commercial career of more than 30 years, he has built a track record in business turnaround, growth acceleration and major transformation, including mergers and acquisitions and right-shoring.
Richard currently provides consulting and interim management services for large organisations in transformation and is an active mentor for start-ups, especially in Healthcare and Healthtech.
He served 7 years as a non-executive for the Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and is the chairman of the South Midlands Pathology Network.
Janet Scotcher
Non-executive
Janet was Chief People Officer at Cambridge University Press & Assessment with responsibilities spanning organisational change, HR services and partnering, learning and development, internal communications, and employee engagement.
Janet was previously Director of HR and Organisational Development at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Director of HR at Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust and General Manager for Children’s Services at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust.
Throughout her career, Janet has focused on improving outcomes for children and young people. She has an eclectic background in both HR and general management, with experience of taking organisations through cultural transformation.
With a degree in tropical disease and accreditation as an Agile practitioner, Janet is a graduate from Lord Ashcroft International Business School and Glasgow University.
Diana Skeete
Non-executive
Diana is a results-oriented consultant specialising in delivering transformational people management change programmes across the private, public and non-profit sectors.
With over 30 years of experience she has supported a range of organisations, from start-up to maturity to achieve their organisational goals.
Diana is passionate about equipping individuals and organisations with the tools to build competitive advantage in the people management, workforce development, equity, health and wellbeing sectors.
Diana is currently conducting research into inclusive approaches to managing the menopause in the workplace.
Diana is a graduate of the London School of Economics, a Salzburg Global Fellow (Women As They Age Programme) and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is also a former Reader for the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education (specialising in reviewing equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives) and a former trustee of the non-profit, Action for Race Equality (ARE), formerly the Black Training & Enterprise Group (BTEG).
Professor Zoe Aslanpour
University of Hertfordshire - Observer
Zoe is the Dean of Medical School at the University of Hertfordshire, responsible for its launch in September 2026 pending GMC approval.
She is also Professor of Public Health and Patient Safety.
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.
