Board of directors
Non-Executive Directors 
Sir Michael Aaronson CBE
Chairman
Appointed to the Trust as Chairman April 2006 (reappointed April 2009), end of tenure 31 March 2013
Mike's earlier career was half in HM Diplomatic Service and half at Save the Children, where he was overseas director and subsequently, from 1995-2005, chief executive. From 2001-08 he was chairman of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, a Geneva based private foundation working in conflict mediation, and from 2001-07 a governor of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. He is currently a Civil Service Commissioner, appointed by the Crown to maintain the principle of fair and open recruitment to the civil service. Mike was appointed in May 2011 as Professional Research Fellow and Co-director of the Centre for International Intervention at the University of Surrey. He is a non-executive director of Oxford Policy Management Limited, a development consultancy providing policy advice in low and middle-income countries. He is a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He works both with NATO and the UK Ministry of Defence on civil and military collaboration in conflict situations. In June 2006 Mike was knighted for services to children.
Mark Escolme BA Hons
Independent non-executive director
Independent non-executive director, Chair of Commercial Development and Investment Committee
Appointed April 2009, end of tenure 31 March 2015
Mark has 20 years of experience of working in large branded consumer companies in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand. He has been involved in setting up businesses in emerging markets such as Russia, China, India and Africa, developing high profile brands within household categories. He has managed joint ventures and NGO and government partnerships. Working at board level, Mark chaired the SC Johnson East Africa board and currently sits as a non-executive director on the Standard Brands board. Mark currently is the managing director of GÜ. In addition, Mark is a trustee for a UK Charity, Gumboots Foundation, which raises money for social upliftment initiatives in Southern Africa.
Ann Hacker
Deputy chair, Independent Non-Executive Director
Independent non-executive director, Deputy Chair from April 2011
Appointed 2006, end of tenure 31 March 2013
Ann has worked in the healthcare industry for over 35 years and has held senior commercial management positions with Lilly and Glaxo Pharmaceuticals (now GSK), as well as having been chief executive of three venture capital backed life science companies: Biocompatibles International plc, Deltex Medical Ltd and Metris Therapeutics Ltd. She has also held directorships in a number of private and public healthcare companies and health-related government organisations. In addition to her role at Frimley Park Hospital, Ann is currently a non-executive director of Isis Innovation Ltd, Karus Therapeutics Ltd and Touchlight Genetics Ltd, and is a trustee of the William Harvey Research Foundation.
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Jo LeCouilliard MA. ACA
Independent non-executive director
Independent non-executive director, Chair of Audit Committee and Non-executive director responsible for security and counter-fraud
Appointed April 2009, end of tenure 31 March 2015
Jo is employed by GlaxoSmithKline as head of corporate development on a part-time basis. Jo is a chartered accountant who has held senior management positions in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors in the UK, Ireland and the US. While she was chief operating officer at the General Healthcare Group, Jo was operationally responsible for BMI's 49 private hospitals in the UK. Jo has considerable experience in leading on acquisitions and new builds as well as on major change programmes with a focus on operational efficiencies. Jo is a director of a healthcare consultancy business and is a governor at her local school.
Tina Oakley MA in Strategic Human Resource Management, CIPD
Independent non-executive director
Appointed April 2011, end of tenure 31 March 2014
Tina has over 30 years experience of working in customer service organisations including 26 years in British Airways where she ran large customer operations including check-in and contact centres as well as holding a number of senior HR roles. She also had responsibility for worldwide customer relations handling. More recently Tina was HR Director at Rank Hovis McDougall and then HR Director for P&O Ferries based in Dover where she led a number of significant change programmes. Currently she is HR Director for Gatwick Airport which is transforming every part of the business with the ambition to become London's airport of choice.
Andrew Prince BSc, FCMA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Independent non-executive director, Senior Independent Director, Chair of Performance and Remuneration Committee
Appointed 2006, end of tenure 31 March 2013
Andrew is a specialist in large-scale organisational change and programme management. As director of healthcare at Serco Consulting he is active with many parts of the Department of Health, the NHS and in healthcare overseas, particularly in Australia. He is a member of the commissioning steering group for NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). Andrew was elected as a governor of Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from April 2005 and appointed as a non-executive director of the Trust from April 2006.
Rob Pike ACIB
Independent non-executive director
Appointed April 2011, end of tenure 31 March 2014
Rob recently completed a 40 year career in financial services which culminated in a role as Director of Operations for Europe & Middle East for the RBS Group. He was previously Director of Operations in the UK where he had responsibility for more than 5,000 employees. Having successfully undertaken several senior customer facing roles he was invited to join the Board of The Customer Contact Association (CCA) in 2004 and continues to serve as a director. He also chaired the CCA Industry Council from 2006 to 2008 and is currently Chair of the CCA Standards Council.
Executive Directors
Mary Dunne SRN, DND, MA in Management
Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Services
Appointed 2001
Mary has worked in the NHS since 1982 and has held board positions since 1993. Before joining Frimley Park, she was director of nursing and deputy chief executive at Bournewood Community and Mental Health Trust. At Frimley Park, her key areas of responsibility are professional lead for nursing, midwifery and therapies, maintaining clinical standards, patient safety, governance and user involvement. Mary is also operationally responsible for women's and children's services, pathology and therapies and the private patient unit (Parkside).
Paula Head B Pharm DFAc
Director of Transformation
Appointed June 2010
Paula trained as a pharmacist and started working in the NHS in 1989, initially at St Thomas' Hospital and then at health authorities within London. She moved into management at Kingston Hospital and became director of strategy and public accountability and deputy chief executive at Kingston PCT. Paula joined NHS Berkshire East as director of commissioning and service redesign in 2007, and subsequently became deputy chief executive.
Janet King MA Law, FIPD, CPp
Director of Human Resources and Facilities
Appointed 1991
Starting her career in the civil service, Janet joined Frimley Park in 1987 working for West Surrey and North East Hants Health Authority as personnel manager. She became a director of Frimley in 1991. Her portfolio includes human resources management, all non-clinical support services, estate and capital planning, media and communications. She is currently project director for a number of large capital projects, including the new Emergency Department and Day Surgery Unit. Janet sits on a number of national committees and is a lay panel member for employment tribunals.
Andrew Morris OBE, MHSM, Dip HSM
Chief Executive
Appointed 1991
Andrew has over 36 years of experience in NHS management and has held a range of senior NHS appointments. He became unit administrator of Hereford Hospitals and a board member of Herefordshire Health Authority in 1984. He was appointed general manager of Frimley Park Hospital in 1989 and became Chief Executive in 1991. He managed the establishment of the Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit in 1996 and undertook one of the first successful NHS management franchise arrangements at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust in 2003, which lifted performance from zero to two stars. He successfully led Frimley Park's application to become a foundation trust in 2005. Andrew is a member of the Institute of Health Service Management.
Edward Palfrey OBE, MA, MB, Bchir, FRCS, FRCSEd
Medical Director
Appointed 2001
Edward was educated at Christ College, Cambridge, and St Mary's Hospital, London, and has been a Consultant Urologist at Frimley Park since 1990. Previously, he was a research fellow at St Thomas', and then was responsible for running the first NHS lithotripsy (a kidney stone removal procedure) service. He played a key role in developing the service at Frimley and in developing a regional urology service. Faced with ambitious targets and a testing financial agenda, Edward has led an ongoing improvement in quality of services. In 2009 he was awarded an OBE for services to healthcare.
Martin Sykes BSc, PhD, CPFA
Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive
Appointed 2004
Martin has been Director of Finance at the Trust since July 2004 and Deputy Chief Executive since April 2007. He joined the NHS in 1995 with the Northern and Yorkshire Health Authority, having previously been employed by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Martin also has responsibility for the contracting and procurement functions within the Trust and, as the Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO), leads on Information Governance matters on behalf of the Board.
