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