Stephen O’Brien, was confirmed as Chair of Barts and The London NHS Trust in November 2010 after serving in an interim capacity for the previous seven months. Stephen was previously Chair of NHS Tower Hamlets, is Vice President of Business in the Community and a former Chairman of London First, the influential business campaign group which works to support and shape London’s future. Stephen has lived in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for 25 years.

John Adshead has a degree in Economics and Politics from Exeter University and a MBA from Cranfield School of Management. He has spent his career in commerce and industry, starting as a graduate trainee in industrial relations at the Ford Motor Company in 1968. He joined the Bank of America in 1976 and became Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Information Technology and Administration for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He joined J Sainsbury plc in 1989, where he was Group Human Resources and Information Technology Director until 2004.

Ms Sally James
Non-executive Director

Sally James was appointed as a Non Executive Director of Barts and The London NHS Trust in February 2012, having been an Associate Non Executive Director of the Trust since October 2010. Sally is a lawyer who has spent most of her professional career in banking.  She is a Non Executive Director of UBS Limited and chairs the audit committee of the University of Sussex.  Sally chairs the Trust's Quality Assurance Committee.

Professor Richard Trembath
Non-executive Director

Richard Trembath, F Med Sci, took up the post as Vice Principal and Executive Dean (Health) of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in September 2011.  Prior to this appointment he was the Director of the NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Head of the KCL Division of Genetics & Molecular Medicine at King’s College London. He is an Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the Genetics Centre, at Guy’s Hospital.  He is a Senior Investigator for the National Institute of Health Research, a former Clinical Academic Group Lead within King’s Health Partners and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Professor Trembath serves on Advisory and Editorial Boards and Committees of numerous national and international journals and academic societies.  He is past President of The British Society of Human Genetics.

Gautam Dalal, is a chartered accountant by profession, and a former senior audit partner with KPMG London.  From 2000 to 2003 he was Chairman and Chief Executive of the firm’s practice in India, which he helped to establish.  He is also a trustee of The National Gallery, where he chairs the Finance and Audit Committees, a member of the Audit Committee at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and Trustee and Treasurer of the health development organisation AMREF UK.  Previously he was a founder board member of the UK India Business Council, a member of the Asian Business Association Committee of the London Chamber of Commerce and Trustee and Treasurer of Panos London.

Toby is the Trust's Chief Operating Officer. In this role he is accountable for all patient care services across our sites. He is also the Deputy Chief Executive. Toby has worked in the NHS for 15 years, in primary care and two other London teaching hospitals. He was the director responsible for the financial recovery of a large hospital Trust in Yorkshire. He is a graduate of the King's Fund Top Managers' Programme, London and Oxford universities. Toby joined the Trust in December 2009.

Sarah is a Chartered Accountant who trained with Deloittes where she spent the first 10 Years of her career. She moved to British Airways PLC in 2001 initially as its Head of Internal Audit with a key achievement being the implementation of a global programme to improve governance and internal control. In 2005 she was appointed as Head of Finance for BA’s Terminal 5 Programme which she delivered below budget and despite its difficult start, achieved both a step change in BA’s operating cost base at Heathrow and in its customer satisfaction scores. Sarah’s last 3 years at BA were some of the most financially difficult times faced by the airline. As the Head of Finance for both the Customer and Operations divisions Sarah was instrumental in driving down its cost base and creating an airline wide business plan to restore economic viability. Sarah joined the Trust as its Chief Financial Officer in January 2011.

Steve Ryan has been a consultant paediatrician since 1991.  He qualified in Leeds and subsequently trained in Leeds and Manchester, undertaking research into nutritional problems in premature babies.  As a general paediatrician he developed a special interest in the management of children with headaches and has been invited to speak at national events about his practice.  He won a national award for his headache practice in 2009.  He was Medical Director at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for over 6 years prior to coming to Barts and The London, and was Acting Chief Executive for 5 months during that time.  Steve undertook a leading role in the NHS Next Stage Review in the North West and subsequently was seconded part-time to NHS North West as Deputy Medical Director and was a member of the NHS medical board at that time.  Steve joined Barts and The London in June 2010.  Steve is passionate about health prevention and promotion as part of his and his hospital’s work and has been on local and national media to demonstrate that passion.