AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Mags Barnaby - Interim Chief Operating Officer
(non-voting) (to December 2017)
Mags has extensive senior level experience in
planning and delivering services to achieve national
and local targets, and in the strategic and operational
management of change. She is passionate about
the NHS and driven by a desire to make a positive
difference to the quality of services for patients and
staff. One of her key strengths is an innate ability to
identify the links in complex problems, particularly the
human dimension, in order to develop strategic vision
and problem solving. In over 25 years working at a
senior level in the NHS, Mags has held substantive
appointments as Director of Human Resources,
Director of Operations, and Director of Planning and
Strategy in England and Wales. She was awarded a
BA (Hons) at Warwick University in 1984, following
which she studied a number of professional and postgraduate
courses including MSc Strategic Human
Resources Management (Leeds Business School 1991),
MIPD (1997), Postgraduate Certificate with the National
Leadership and Innovation Agency (Birkbeck College
2007). In 2016 Mags attended Harvard Business School
to study Advanced Negotiation Skills for Strategic
Decision Making.
Louise Dunn - Director of Communications and
Marketing (non-voting) (to 31 May 2017)
Louise joined Alder Hey with over 20 years’ experience
working in the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently
she was Vice President of Communications for
Research and Development and Global Commercial
Franchises at GlaxoSmithKline. In this role, she led
internal and external communications around a
multi-year transformation of GSK’s global research
and development and the subsequent commercial
launches of a number of new medicines. Prior to this
she worked in GSK’s International, Global and UK
Operations. Louise graduated in biochemistry from
Oxford University in 1992 and started her career in
consultancy. At Alder Hey, Louise’s priorities are to
build the reputation of the organisation, enhance the
Alder Hey brand and engage employees in the long
term business strategy. Louise is responsible for
marketing and communications for both the Trust and
the Alder Hey Children’s Charity.
Mark Flannagan, Director of Communications and
Marketing (non-voting) (from July 2017)
Prior to joining Alder Hey, Mark was the Chief Executive
of the charity Beating Bowel Cancer from 2010 to 2017.
In that role he led advocacy around access to cancer
medicines and took a high profile role in advocating for
a new approach that involved patient experience. He
is widely recognised as a highly experienced speaker,
policy analyst and communicator and has connection
at the highest levels in government and the UK health
services. Mark has worked at Board level in a number
of high profile health organisations, including: the Royal
College of General Practitioners; the Royal College of
Nursing and Diabetes UK.
Non-Executive Directors
Steve Igoe - Non Executive Director/Senior
Independent Director and Chair of the Audit
Committee
Steve joined the Alder Hey Board in October 2010
and was re-appointed by the Council of Governors in
September 2013 for a further three years. In September
2016 the Council of Governors approved Steve’s
re-appointment for a further twelve month period in
order to ensure continuity on the Board. Steve is the
Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Edge Hill University and a
Chartered Accountant by training. Prior to working for
Edge Hill, he worked for Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte
a predecessor firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers as
a Senior Manager in their North West offices. In his
current role he has Board responsibility for Finance,
IT, HR, Infrastructure and Estate Developments,
Facilities Management, Learning Services and Strategic
Planning. He has previously advised the Government
on the regulation of the Higher Education sector and
was an adviser to the Higher Education Funding
Council for England (HEFCE) Board on leadership,
governance and management and costing systems
within higher education. Steve has been a Governor of a
large acute NHS trust, a trustee of a charity specialising
in respiratory education and an executive and founding
director of a substantial IT network company. As well
as acting as chair of the Trust’s Audit Committee Steve
also chairs the Integrated Governance Committee
and is a member of the Clinical Quality Assurance
Committee. Steve is also the trust’s Freedom to Speak
up Guardian.
Ian Quinlan - Non-Executive Director/Vice Chair
of the Board and Chair of the Resources and
Business Development Committee
Ian joined the Alder Hey Board in September 2011
and was re-appointed for a second term of three
years in September 2014. He was re-appointed by the
Governors for a further 12 months in September 2017.
Ian is a Chartered Accountant and joined Ernst and
Whinney (now Ernst and Young) in 1974 and in 1982,
became a partner. In 1988 he became Group Finance
Director of the Albert Fisher Group PLC, a leading
global food processor and distributor. From 2003 to
2013, Ian held senior positions with VPS Holdings
Limited, which is the largest void property services
company in the world. Between 2003 and the beginning
of 2011 he was Group Chief Executive, during which
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