Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

Roger Hill, Non-Executive Director
Roger was appointed to the Board in April 2008. Until 1999 he had been both the Chairman and
Managing Director of the UK subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation, a large American computer
company. Subsequently he has been a Board Director of a number of IT services companies, both
in the UK and Ireland. Until 2008 he had been serving as a Governor of Newbury College. Roger
was re-appointed as a Non-Executive Director in January 2012 for a further term of three years
ending 30 April 2015.
During 2011/12 Roger was Chair of the Business Development and Advisory Group and was a
member of the Patient Safety and Quality Committee; the Workforce Strategy Committee and the
Remuneration Committee. In 2012/13 Roger will stand down from the Patient Safety and Quality
Committee but will become a member of the Finance and Investment Committee. He will also take
over as Chair of the Remuneration Committee to coincide with his appointment as Senior
Independent Director which was agreed in January 2012 with effect from 1 October 2012.
Robert Burns, Non-Executive Director
Robert Burns’ career has been largely focused on financial disciplines and financial management
roles. Having trained as an accountant most of his career has been spent in complex
multinationals ultimately in various senior Finance, and Sales Management roles. He is a Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA) and a Fellow of the Chartered
Management Institute (FCMI). He was also a Board Member of Gloucester Probation Trust, part of
the National Offender Management Service but resigned in June 2011 to enable him to dedicate
more time to this Trust following the transition of Community Services. He joined the Board on 1
August 2008 since when Robert has been Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee. He is
also a member of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee; the Patient Safety and Quality
Committee; the Remuneration Committee and the Charitable Funds Committee.
Robert was re-appointed as a Non-Executive Director in January 2012 for a further term of three
years ending 31 July 2015. In April 2012 he will stand down as a member of the Patient, Safety and
Quality Committee and and as Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee respectively, taking
on the role of Chair of the Audit, and Risk Assurance Committee.
Kevin Small, Non-Executive Director
Kevin was appointed to the Board on 1 November 2003. Kevin is an experienced Board member
having been involved in a wide range of organisations. Kevin was Chair of Wiltshire Ambulance
Service NHS Trust from 1998 to 2002 and Director of the New Swindon Company between 2003
and 2004 and again from 2005 to 2010. Kevin has also been a Non-Executive Director for the
British Railways Board/Strategic Rail Authority (2000 to 2002), Chair of Western England Rail
Passenger Committee (1998 to 2000), a member of Wiltshire Police Authority (1999 to 2003) and
Leader of Swindon Borough Council (Aug 2002 to May 2003). In July 2011, Kevin was reappointed
as a Non-Executive Director for a further term of one year ending 31 October 2012.
During 2011/12 Kevin was a member of the Finance and Investment Committee, the Workforce
Strategy Committee and the Remuneration Committee. In 2012/13 Kevin will stand down as a
member of the Finance and Investment Committee but will become Chair of the Workforce Strategy
Committee. He will also become a member of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee and the
Clinical Governance Committee.
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