Chair and non executive directors

Chair: David Flory CBE

David Flory joined Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) on 27 February 2023 as the Trust Chair and was appointed as a Joint Chair between LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust from 1 March 2024.

He has extensive board-level experience as Independent Chair, Chief Executive and Executive Director of NHS organisations in England and healthcare organisations internationally, including six years working as Deputy Chief Executive Director General in the Department of Health for England. David was awarded a CBE in the 2009 New Year Honours List.

Tracy Ellery

Tracy joined LWH as a Non-Executive Director in March 2022. She was appointed as a Joint Non-Executive Director for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust on 1 September 2024.

Tracy was previously Director of Finance of the North West Ambulance Service in August 2015 and retired on 31 January 2019.

In addition to Finance her remit covered responsibility for Patient Transport Services, Fleet, Estates, IT, Procurement and Contracting, and she was the lead Director for the Trust’s Foundation Trust application.

Tracy began her NHS career in 1982 in East Cheshire and is a professionally qualified accountant (FCCA) with a business degree. Her previous roles included being Deputy Chief Executive/Director of Finance at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, a post she held for 10 years. She brings over 16 years experience at the Board level and has been Director of Finance in five other NHS organisations. Her experience spans mental health, learning disabilities, community, primary care, commissioning and acute organisations.

Tracy’s term of office runs from 1 March 2022 to 28 February 2025.

Geoffrey joined Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust as a Joint Non-Executive Director in September 2024. 

He has held several high-profile positions in his hometown of St Helens, including Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital and Chair of the St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) - and is currently the independent chair of St Helens Cares Place Partnership Board, and Deputy Chair of the St Helens People's Board, a joined-up multi-agency approach to improve health outcomes and tackle inequalities in the borough.

Geoffrey is also the Joint Senior Independent Director for LUHFT and LWH.

Geoffrey’s term of office runs from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2027.

Tom is the associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research at the University of Liverpool. He was previously a Consultant Physician at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust between 1991 and 2018, and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology. He was director of several National Institute for Health and Care Research programmes, and a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Strategy Board for many years.

Tom was awarded a CBE for services to medicine in 2008. He is a life fellow of the British Pharmacology Society and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Tom’s term of office runs from 1 September 2024 to 30 June 2026.

Mike is currently Diocesan Secretary (Chief Executive) of the Diocese of Liverpool as well as the Chief Officer at Liverpool Cathedral.

He has significant experience of working at director level in the third sector. He currently holds a number of voluntary positions supporting the church and local community development. He has a BA (Hons) in Modern History.

Mike’s term of office runs from 1 September 2024 to 31 March 2026.

David is an experienced Director with a strong track record both as a Non-Executive and Executive Director. He is a qualified accountant, highly skilled in financial management, recovery and turnaround with a demonstrable track record of delivering improvement.

He was previously a Non-Executive Director at the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt NHS Foundation Trust in Oswestry.

David is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Dudley Integrated Health & Care NHS Trust where he is Chair of the Audit Committee. He also an independent member of the Governance Audit and Risk Committee of the Muir Group Housing Association.

David’s term of office runs from 1 September 2024 to 30 November 2025.

Sarah joined LWH as a Non-Executive Director in December 2021. She was appointed as a Joint Non-Executive Director for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust on 1 September 2024.  

Sarah worked for BT for 24 years across a variety of roles and is currently the Enterprise Director for the North of England. She is also the Chair of the Board of Trustees for Greater Manchester Communication Academy.

She has worked with a number of charitable organisations to raise awareness of Baby and Infant loss and is an avid ambassador for Mental Health & Wellbeing.

Sarah’s term of office runs from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2027

Zia joined LWH as a Non-Executive Director in December 2021. He was appointed as a Joint Non-Executive Director for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust on 1 September 2024.  

Zia spent 27 years as a barrister specialising in criminal law. Aside from his legal work, he has been involved in interfaith work for over twenty years and, in 2013, wrote Just Your Average Muslim. In 2015, he was awarded an MBE for services to interfaith relations and, in 2017, was conferred with an Honorary Fellowship by Liverpool John Moores University for his services to community relations.

In 2018 after a lengthy career at the Bar he opened up a new chapter at LJMU where he became instrumental in the university’s civic engagement work and quickly became involved in LJMU’s outreach activity, speaking at many schools and colleges and using his story to inspire others, particularly those from minority backgrounds.

Zia’s term of office runs from 1 September 2024 to 31 October 2025.

Jackie has been a nurse for 40 years until she retired in March 2021 from her role as the Regional Chief Nurse for NHSE/I for the NW. Jackie qualified as a Registered Mental Nurse in 1985 and as a Registered Nurse in 1987. She has a BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies and an MA in Management and Leadership. Her clinical practice was in the field of Oncology, and she was the first Nurse Director of the Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cancer Network. 

Jackie spent five years at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust as Deputy Director of Nursing and Governance and was part of their patient safety journey and it was there that her passion for quality, patient safety, experience and outcomes began. She was awarded a Florence Nightingale Travel Scholarship in 2007 to work further on the patient safety agenda with a bespoke two-week programme at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston and in 2012 she was awarded a Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholarship.

Jackie has held Chief Nurse positions since 2007, including as Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Quality at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust where she led the Trust to be rated twice as an Outstanding organisation by the CQC in 2016 and 2018. More recently, Jackie has been the Regional Chief Nurse for NHSE/I where she provided Executive and professional leadership for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals and was the accountable executive for the operational delivery of the regional governance and quality agenda. She was the Senior Responsible Officer for Nightingale NW, part of the NHS response to the Covid-19 pandemic.