Ada Burns
Non-executive director
- Husband Partner at Firm – Ward Hadaway Solicitors
- Board Governor, member and chair designate (from July 2026) of Audit Committee, member of Business School Advisory Board, Northumbria University
- Independent Member of the Audit Committee, Newcastle City Council
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Alison Wilson
Non-executive director
- Civil Partner – Counter Terrorism Policing North East
- South Tees Healthcare Management Limited – Company number 10166808.
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Ann Baxter
Non-executive director
- School Governor at Thirsk High School and Sixth Form College
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Chris Day
Non-executive director
- Vice Chancellor and President at Newcastle University
- Institutional Member at Universities UK (UUK)
- Board Member at The Russell Group
- Board Member at Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
- Chair at N8 Research Partnership
- Trustee at Foundation for Liver Research
- Chair of the PILOT Institutional Level PCE Panel for the Research Excellence Framework 2029 – Research England (part of UK Research and Innovation)
- Trustee at Newcastle University Development Trust
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Chris Hand
Chief finance officer
- Director of South Tees Healthcare Management Limited – Company number 10166808
- Client Representative ELFS Shared Services Management Board
- Representation on behalf of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust on NTH Solutions LLP – Company Number OC419412
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
David Redpath
Non-executive director
- Director of DGR Consultancy – Company number 10340661
- South Tees Healthcare Management Limited – Company number 10166808.
- Vice President Senior Executive Partner – Gartner
- Deputy Chairman – Seaton Delaval Football Club
- Director of Optimus Health Limited – Company Number 07415246
- Chair on behalf of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust on NTH Solutions LLP – Company Number OC419412
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Emma Nunez
Chief nursing officer
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Fay Scullion
Non-executive director
- Chief Executive, Age UK North Yorkshire & Darlington
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Jackie White
Head of governance and company secretary
- Registered with IMAS (NHS Interim Management and Support)
- Company Secretary of South Tees Healthcare Management Limited – Company number 10166808
- Director of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Daughter and Daughter in law employees of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ken Anderson
Chief information and technology officer
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Kenneth Readshaw
Non-executive director
- Treasurer – Leyburn Community Leisure Club
- Chair – Health Accommodation Trust
- Chair – Horsehouse School Charity – Charity number: 513060
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Matt Neligan
Non-executive director
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Founding member, Evolve Collaborative (supported by NHS Confederation and Beamtree)
Mark Dias
Non-executive director
- Director of Be The Change HR Ltd – Company No. 9694576
- Permanent Deacon in Formation (Voluntary Position). Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Chair of Board of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust
Michael Stewart
Non-executive director
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Wife is employed at South Tees NHS FT
Miriam Davidson
Non-executive director
- Director of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Local Government Association Associate, occasional work with English councils on Public Health Peer Reviews and facilitation of relevant workshops
Neil Atkinson
Group managing director
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Representation on behalf of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust on NTH Solutions LLP – Company Number OC419412
- Director of South Tees Healthcare Management Limited – Company number 10166808 Trustee, Age UK
Derek Bell
Group chair
- Trustee Royal Medical Benevolent Fund – no remuneration
- Chair and Trustee Tenovus Scotland (Edinburgh) – no remuneration
- Centre for Quality in Governance
- NHS South East London Chair of SEL SEEC
- Member of the Council for Newcastle University. No remuneration.
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Rachael Metcalf
Group chief people officer
- Role of School Governor at High Tunstall College of Science
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Ruth Dalton
Group director of communications
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
Stacey Hunter
Group chief executive
- Director, Health Innovation North East North Cumbria Limited
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Partner, Dr Cornelle Parker, ad hoc project work within organisations of the NHS
- Member of UHA Executive Steering Committee (hosted by NHS Providers)
- Member of NHS Confederation Acute Advisory Panel
- Founding member, Evolve Collaborative (supported by NHS Confederation and Beamtree)
- Lead, Leadership of Planned Care, Provider Leadership Board
Steven Taylor
Group director of estates
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Honorary Contract as Director of Estates and Facilities for NTH Solutions LLP – Company Number OC419412
- Son employed by NTH Solutions LLP – ICT Project Officer/Digital Performance Coordinator
- Wife employed by NTH Solutions LLP – Catering Assistant
Stuart Irvine
Director of strategies, assurance and compliance and company secretary
- Chair – Hartlepool College of Further Education
- Director of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Director of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board
- Trustee of Hospitals Trust of the Hartlepool
- Sons (x2) are employees at Hartlepool College of Further Education