Trust Board
Members of the Board of Directors
The Trust Board is responsible for delivering high quality services for the people of Bradford and District. It provides strategic vision, and sets operational and finacial goals. Please see below for members of the Board of Directors, and links to the minutes of meetings. Further information can be obtained from the Secretary to the Board on 01274 363502.
Barry Seal (Chair) and Simon Large (Chief Executive)
We both have a passion for making our services the best they can be. One in four people will live with a mental health issue at some time in their lives. We believe that high quality services make a difference to people’s lives – not just service users, but their family and friends too. Help us make the difference by getting involved in the Trust.
Dr Barry Seal Chairman
Barry Seal qualified as a chemical engineer and worked in management at ICI in senior management at BOC Ltd. He then moved into education as a polytechnic and university lecturer with a PhD in Computer Control and a Harvard alumni, he also became involved in local politics.
He was elected leader of Bradford Council Labour Group, and in 1979 was elected from Yorkshire West as their first member of European Parliament. Having served 20 years attaining several of the most senior positions in the Parliament, he stood down in 1999.
In 2002 he was appointed Chair of North Kirklees PCT and became Chair of Bradford District Care Trust in early 2007. Consequently Barry has experience in industry, education, politics and health which he has brought to the role of Chair of Bradford District Care Trust.
On appointment he stated "I became Chair of this Trust because I want to see the population of Bradford and District gets the best possible Mental Health Care. The Trust Board and I will strive to constantly improve the health care we provide. We believe that our service users must be treated with excellent care, but also with compassion and with dignity"
Barry lives in Bradford, and is married with two children and two young granddaughters. He considers himself an active person and enjoys playing bridge, reading, riding and walking.
Simon Large - Chief Executive
Simon Large qualified as a nurse in the Airedale and Bradford mental health services 25 years ago and he is delighted to be working in the district again. After leaving Bradford as a newly qualified nurse, Simon continued to work in mental health services in Leeds as a ward manager before moving to the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority to support the implementation of the Community Care Act.
In the mid 1990s he moved back into service provision in Leeds and led the planning arrangements for the re-provision of learning disability services from Meanwood Park Hospital and mental health services from High Royds Hospital. Five years ago, Simon moved to North West Manchester firstly as a health authority director for mental health services leading the integration of NHS services across Bolton, Salford and Trafford to form a new mental health trust. He held various positions in that Trust culminating in the interim chief executive post.
Simon pays tribute to the dedication and hard work of staff at BDCT and the support shown by service users and carers. "Everyone wants to see a successful organisation which continuously improves the quality of services and the lives of those who use them."
Directors
Carol Stubley - Director of Finance and Contracting
Having started work as Yorkshire regional trainee when she was 18, Carol has more than 20 years of NHS experience, mainly in the acute sector.
Before joining the Care Trust she was seconded from Bradford Teaching Hospitals, where she had been Assistant Director of Finance. Following the merger of the ambulance services, Carol undertook a number of short term secondments including an external review of governance arrangements at Scarborough Healthcare NHS Trust and Interim Turnaround Director at Kirklees PCT. Married to Andy, Carol has two young children, Adam and Olivia.
Nick Morris - Director of Strategy and Nursing
Nick joined the Trust on 11th September 2006 on a secondment from his role as Deputy Chief Executive at South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust (SWYMHT).
Following a period as a physics student at Bradford University , Nick started his Psychiatric nursing career in 1981 as a student in Parkside Hospital , Macclesfield. After a thoroughly enjoyable period in charge of Acute Admission wards and re-configuring Day Hospital services, Nick moved to Wirral Social Services to lead the development of a new assessment and treatment service (residential and community) within mental health services funded from mental health specific grant.
Nick has since enjoyed a number of roles as a Commissioner, Regional Mental Health Lead and Deputy Head of Mental Health Policy at the Department of Health before taking up operational lead for Mental Health services in Calderdale and South Kirklees in 2002. Whilst at SWYMHT he also led on service improvement and the initial phase of their Foundation Trust application. Nick is the Executive Nurse Director on the Board of BDCT. He will also be supporting the Board with corporate responsibilities in a range of areas.
Nicola Lees - Director of Service Delivery
Sandra Knight - Director Human Resources
Sandra has worked in the NHS for most of her career in a variety of corporate, human resources and organisational development roles at regional, district, hospital, community and primary care level. She joined Care Trust in May 2007 having worked previously as Director of Corporate Development in Bradford City Teaching PCT and as interim director leading the HR, Communications and PALS/Patient and Public Involvement workstreams, as the four PCTs merged to form Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT.
She is a qualified executive Coach and ACAS trained mediator. In the past year Sandra was elected to represent Care Trusts on the National NHS Employers Policy Board and currently Chairs the West Yorkshire HR Directors Network. She lives in Burley in Wharfedale and is married with two teenaged daughters.
Andrew Gunnee - Director Facilities and Infomatics
Andrew joined the NHS in 1980 after undertaking engineering training in the spring and hydraulic industries. He has watched the Bradford NHS estate flourish over the last 25 years, whilst undertaking various roles in the estates departments across the acute, community and mental health services. He sees delivering and maintaining a safe and enjoyable health care environment paramount to meeting his personal objectives.
Currently Director of Estates and Facilities Andrew has been actively involved with a significant number of large building and engineering contracts, including the first NHS PFI scheme in Bradford that delivered a £4m integrated Primary Care Facility. Andrew is keen to progress with joint working and has worked closely with the health economy in delivering Bradford 's £40m LIFT programme and recently commissioned Diagnostic/Treatment Centre.
Fran Harrop - Medical Director
Dr Fran Harrop graduated from Nottingham University School of Medicine. Whilst training as a GP she discovered her affinity for psychiatry and moved to Yorkshire to complete her psychiatric training. She has worked in Bradford as a Consultant Psychiatrist since 1989.
Dr Harrop developed the current BDCT Forensic service and has been active in contributing to the wider regional development of forensic services. As Medical Tutor for the Trust she promoted the further training of junior doctors, initiating and encouraging both users and carers to contribute to aspects of this training. She is currently the regional mentoring co-ordinator for consultant psychiatrists.
Non Executive Directors
David Servant
David Servant is a Councillor for Clayton & Fairweather Green on Bradford Council. He has been a member of several Council Committees and has wide experience of most Council services, he is also a governor of two Bradford schools. He is currently self-employed having previously worked for several years in local government administration. In his spare time he takes a keen interest in local sport.
Savitri Pema
Savitri came to Britain with her family at the age of 8 years from India , She trained as a teacher at Bradford college, and taught in Primary schools for 12 years. She has also worked as a volunteer in local communities since 1976, amongst other things, helping to set up the first Asian women's group in Manningham, and running summer camps for young people as a Youth and Community Worker. She completed two Masters degrees in order to qualify as an Educational Psychologist in 1988.
She now works part-time as an Educational Psychologist with Education Bradford and as a freelance consultant and trainer. Savitri is continuing with her involvement in volunteer work in her local community as Chair of the the Shipley and Bingley Voluntary Services Board. Other experiences includes having been trained as a Best Value member, translating and advocating for family and members of the community and working as a diversity trainer in both public and private organisations. She also speaks Gujerati, Hindi and Urdu.
Michael Smith
Information coming soon
Derrick Palmer
Derrick Palmer is a qualified accountant and was Finance Director of Bradford Community Housing Trust from its formation in 2003 until July 2008. Previously he had held senior roles in the private and public sectors including working internationally. He brings a wide experience in finance, business planning and governance. At BDCT he chairs the Audit Committee.
Derrick now has a portfolio of consultancy and non executive directorships. He is a non executive director of the Training and Development Agency for Schools, where he chairs the audit committee, and is a non executive board member of the North West Courts Service. His ongoing interest in training and development includes being a governor of a local secondary school.
Brenda Toward
Brenda Toward qualified as a social worker in 1968 before spending many years working in Social Services in Leeds, West Riding, Bradford and Wakefield as practitioner and manager - alongside bringing up her 2 children. She taught social work for several years at Leeds University and was head of the training council for social work and social care staff in the North of England for five years.
Brenda worked as Head of Service Provision followed by Head of Children's Services in Wakefield where she chaired the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership and the Drug Action Team. She is now an independent consultant working with social care and health services.
Lynne Smith -
Information Coming Soon
Special Advisor
Richard Pattinson
After attending both Bingley and Batley Grammar Schools Richard started his banking career in Bradford in 1971 but was quickly transferred to the City of London where he continued to work before taking early retirement in 2007. He was a member of the Senior Executive team at a leading UK bank and held a number of directorships in banking and financial infrastructure companies both in the UK and overseas. Richard also sat on a number of international central bank committee's and working groups.
He has lived in the Yorkshire Dales for a number of years and is a governor of one of the local schools. Richard says "having retired from full time work I was keen to offer my particular skills and experience to the BDCT at this very important time of change in the NHS and especially for the Trust as we proceed towards Foundation Trust status. I look forward to continuing to work with my fellow colleagues on the board and helping to put you at the heart of everything we do".
Ralph Coyle - Special Advisor to the Board
Ralph Coyle is a solicitor, having studied law at Leeds University and then gaining a Master’s Degree in International Law at Manchester University. He trained as a solicitor at British Leyland; joined the Fairey Group in 1974 as legal adviser (promoted to Company Secretary in 1977), Quaker Oats in 1981 as Company Secretary and Head of Legal and Public Relations, and Yorkshire Television in 1985 as Senior Legal Advisor and Company Secretary (he was appointed a main Board Director in 1990).
He administered the YTV part of three ITV Telethons in 1988, 1990 and 1992 (raising over £6 million for regional charities and causes). Ralph joined CANAL+, the French-based pay television group, in 1996. He was based in Belgium from where he carried out the group’s international company secretarial and legal adviser's role.
He joined Commercial Union in 1998, where he acted as deputy group company secretary with responsibility for harmonising the group’s company secretarial function following the merger with General Accident. From 2002, working in the York office of Rollits, solicitors, he was a partner specialising in commercial law and head of Charity Law, until July 2008. He was a director of Yorkshire Culture, the DCMS appointed body to promote culture in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.
He was a member of the York and North Yorkshire Business Link High Growth Business Accelerator panel from 2003 to 2007 (this considered applications from small businesses for funding to assist in their development) and a director of Leeds Media from 2002 to 2006 (A Yorkshire Forward funded body which promoted the success of media businesses in and around Leeds).
He is deputy chairman of Scarborough Museums Trust and of the board of trustees of Leeds University Union. Ralph was appointed as a special adviser to the Bradford District NHS Care Trust from July 2008 and brings with him considerable commercial and administrative experience which will be of benefit to the Trust. Ralph says "I am delighted to join the Trust at this exciting time as we seek Foundation Trust status and hope my experience in working at a senior level in various organisations will ensure I can play a useful supportive role to the executive team at BDCT."
Trust Board Secretary
Paul Hogg
Paul was appointed as Trust Secretary on 5 January 2009. After spending over 10 years in London working in various policy roles within the Civil Service he returned to Yorkshire to become the Secretary to the Board of Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and the Humber. More recently he joined the NHS and was Trust Secretary at the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. Paul is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and is currently completing the final stages of the Institute of Company Secretaries and Administrators' professional programme. He is married to Angela with three young children.