Council of Governors

There are 27 governors who make up our Council of Governors.

18 governors are elected by our Foundation Trust’s public, patient or carer members and five are elected by staff members.

There are also four appointed governors who are nominated by stakeholders such as the local authority, or other organisations.

We see the Council as our critical friend and guardian of our values. Collectively and individually its role is vital as it acts as a link to the hospital community by:

• involving members directly in our long term vision and planning
• supervising public involvement, membership recruitment and engagement

The Council also has specific powers and holds the Non-Executive Directors to account for the performance of the Board of Directors. Its duties include:

• appointing and setting the pay and terms and conditions of appointment of the Trust Chair and Non-Executive Directors
• ratifying the appointment of the Chief Executive
• appointing the auditors and receiving the annual report and accounts

Find out out more about each governor, why they stood and what they hope to achieve on their biographies.

The Chair of the Council of Governors plays a pivotal role as they are also the chair of the Board of Directors.

To make sure our Council of Governors represents our membership effectively it is divided into a number of groups. These are known as constituencies.

The Council of Governors comprises four main constituencies. For more detail please see the Composition of the Council of Governors page.

The elected governors are sub-divided into London, Home Counties and Rest of England and Wales.

The Patient Governors from London are Constantinos Panayi, Lara Ingham and Sameera Kamran. The Patient Governors from the Home Counties are: Josh Hardy and a vacancy. The Patient Governor from Rest of England and Wales is Rhienna Morar.

The Parent / Carer Governors from London are Beverly Bittner-Grassby, Kamran Ansari and Ruth Stalker-Firth. The Parent / Carer Governors from the Home Counties are Sapna Talreja and Robert Ferguson. Gemma Edbrooke is the Governor from the rest of England and Wales.

The Public Governors from London are Peace Joseph, Mary Rose Thomson and Joshua Street. The Public Governors from the Home Counties are Eve Brinkley-Whittington and Hannah Hardy. Ros Robertson is the Public Governor for the rest of England and Wales.

The Staff Governors are Dilys Addy, Elizabeth Collins, Tania Ahmed, Laurence Hasson and one vacancy

The appointed Governors from the Young People’s Forum are Rose Dolan and Angela Gjelaj. The appointed Governor from UCL GOS ICH is Giovanni Baranello. There is a vacancy for the Governor from Camden Council.

The Council of Governors delegates certain duties to committees, such as: