Nottinghamshire Healthcare - Non-Executive Directors

Positive about mental health and learning disability

Dean Fathers (Chairman)

Dean Fathers has a wealth of experience in a range of organisations, from blue-chips in the private sector and national Government Departments/Agencies, to medium sized private, entrepreneurial companies. He is an accomplished Director, having held numerous executive and non executive board positions and also has international experience as an organisational change leader, working in areas as diverse as; the automotive industry, construction, distribution, education, media, retail, and pharmaceutical/health in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Dean is Chair and Director of the Centre for Better Managed Health and Social Care at Cass Business School.

Dean lives near Lincoln with his wife Tamasin. He has five children and one grandchild and an all consuming passion for Rugby Union.

Sheila Wright

Sheila Wright is currently Director of Offender Management with the Nottinghamshire Probation Service, managing over 400 staff with an annual budget of £8 million. Sheila, who has an MA in Social Policy from Sheffield Hallam University, has also worked with the Sheffield Autistic Society and successfully acquired funding from the Local Authority and Children in Need.

Sheila brings a wealth of experience to the Board in negotiating a range of community service placements and securing financial and physical resources for offenders with different needs, as well as increasing opportunities for community engagement.

Professor Saul Tendler

Professor Saul Tendler is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at The University of Nottingham and was appointed to the Trust in August 2010.

As Pro-Vice-Chancellor for both Teaching and Learning and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Saul has wide spread experience of health-related education and training. He originally trained as a pharmacist and has scientific expertise in research into biomolecular structures and their interactions. This includes studies into how simple molecules assemble in diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. He has been awarded many accolades for his research including the Pfizer Prize and GlaxoSmithKline International Achievement Award.

Saul is currently a Director of NOTICE Ltd and BioCity Nottingham Ltd and is a member of many professional bodies and research council/professional committees. Throughout his career he has worked mainly in academic positions in the field of pharmacy.

Saul is married with three children and lives in Beeston, Nottingham. In his spare time he enjoys sailing and walking the family dog.

Christine Lovett

Christine Lovett is a qualified psychotherapist with an extensive business background in the private and public sector.

In addition to her marketing and customer management skills, she brings a strong strategy background to the Board. Following her MBA from INSEAD, she worked as a strategy consultant for the Boston Consulting Group where she worked on a diverse set of projects ranging from post-merger integration to IT governance. More recently she was the Strategic Director for Strategy and Organisation Development at the National College for School Leadership.

Christine is married and lives with her family in West Bridgford in Nottingham.

She looks forward to leveraging her skills gained in a range of businesses and in the public sector in the area of mental health and learning disabilities.

Nick Plant

Nick joined the Trust as a Non Executive Director in December 2005. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, whose career in the Power Generation Industry saw him achieve the position of Vice President (Generation) with TXU Europe plc (a subsidiary of a major global power company).

Nick is an experienced and highly skilled Business Leader who has successfully managed commercial businesses to meet and beat objectives. His training as an engineer and as an auditor has been complemented by much training in financial management and analysis.

For Nottinghamshire Healthcare, Nick is a member of the Risk Management Committee and Chair of the Finance Committee and the Forensic Services Clinical Indicent Review Group. Nick is also Vice Chairman of Nottinghamshire Healthcare.

Peter Parsons

Peter Parsons joined the Trust as a Non-Executive Director in February 2009. His lead responsibilities include delivering the estates strategy and developing the Trust’s commercial capabilities to achieve growth.

A retired director of Innes England, Peter brings with him 40 years’ experience in the Commercial Property market with particular expertise in development and regeneration. He has worked as a regular consultant for the University of Leicester, East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) and the NHS and was a Development Consultant to the National Space Science Centre in 2000.

Peter has always been interested in the NHS and in particular, mental health in children and adolescents. He wants to give the benefit of his experience to the public sector through his work at the Trust, helping drive the improvement of the building environment for both patients and staff to result in a higher quality of clinical care.

Peter lives in Market Harborough. He is married with two children and four grandchildren. His main interest is sailing and he is also a keen supporter of rugby.