Finance Leadership Council (FLC)
The Finance Leadership Council (FLC) acts as the main decision-making forum for the NHS Finance Development Strategy. Its objective is to draw on the work done to date and ensure a culture of consistent, high quality finance development across the NHS in England by setting and ensuring the delivery of the strategic aims and objectives through the National Finance Academy, Future-Focused Finance, and the Finance Innovation Forum.
Council Members
- Julian Kelly, Chief Financial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement – Chair
- Peter Ridley, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement – Vice Chair
- Calum Pallister, Director of Finance, Health Education England
- Andy Brittain, Finance Director, Department of Health and Social Care
- Jacqueline Davies, Director of Leadership & Lifelong Learning, NHS Leadership Academy
- Simon Worthington, Finance Director, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Hardev Virdee, Group Chief Financial Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust
- Jenny Ehrhardt, Group Chief Financial Officer, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Haq Khan, Director of Finance, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Dawn Scrafield, Chief Financial Officer, Mid and South Essex University Hospital Group
- Caroline Owusu-Bennoah, Chief Finance Officer, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Rob Forster, Chief Finance Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT
- Sarah Brampton, Director of Finance, University Hospitals Plymouth
- Ivor Duffy, Chief Finance Officer, Kent and Medway CCG
- Amy Whitaker, Executive Director of Finance, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Jeff Buggle, Regional Finance Director, East of England, NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Alex Gild, Chief Financial Officer, Berkshire Healthcare NHS FT