Company
The NHS Confederation
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Roisin CoulterDirector · since 2026
- Karen Natalie WalkerDirector · since 2026
- Richard John HendersonDirector · since 2026
- Selina UllahDirector · since 2026
- Matthew Arthur BryantDirector · since 2026
- Richard MitchellDirector · since 2026
- Chistopher William OliverDirector · since 2026
- Sir Terence John StephensonDirector · since 2026
- Professor Andrew HardyDirector · since 2026
- Elliot Nicholas Howard-JonesDirector · since 2026
- Mary ElfordDirector · since 2026
- Sharon Leigh MaysDirector · since 2026
- Dr Buki AdeyemoDirector · since 2025
- Dr Kathy McleanDirector · since 2025
- Ebunoluwa Mofoluwake AjayiDirector · since 2025
- Jonathan Barrie MorganDirector · since 2024
- Paul Jonathan DaviesDirector · since 2023
- Emma WoollettDirector · since 2022
- Dr Peta Jane FoxallDirector · since 2022
- Dr Pramitkumar PatelDirector · since 2021
- Valerie Louise MortonDirector · since 2021
- Joseph Richard Harrison CBEDirector · since 2021
- Nandakumar RatnavelDirector · since 2021
- Lord Victor Olufemi AdebowaleDirector · since 2020
Previous officers 88
- Robert Jonathan Stewart Patton 2024–2026 View profile
- Fiona Rachel Anne Sutherland Edwards 2023–2025 View profile
- Adam Doyle 2022–2023 View profile
- Iftikhar Majid 2022–2025 View profile
- Charles David Skinner 2022–2023 View profile
- Dame Jacqueline Lesley Daniel 2022–2025 View profile
- Dame Gillian Margaret Morgan 2021–2022 View profile
- Dame Marie Sylvia Gabriel 2021–2025 View profile
- Mark Spencer 2020–2021 View profile
- Michael Rian Bloomfield 2020–2024 View profile
- Professor Vivienne Margaret Burnet 2019–2022 View profile
- Paul Jenkins 2018–2022 View profile
- Dr Anthony Baxter Stevens 2017–2020 View profile
- Bernadine Rees 2017–2019 View profile
- James William Easton 2017–2020 View profile
- Dr Graham John Jackson 2017–2021 View profile
- Beverley Humphrey 2016–2018 View profile
- Julia Edwina Anne Hickey 2016–2021 View profile
- Stephen James Dorrell 2015–2019 View profile
- Paul David Clark Roberts 2015–2017 View profile
- Steven Peter Michael 2015–2016 View profile
- Colmcille Cathal Mckenna 2015–2017 View profile
- Jennifer Ruth Poole 2015–2022 View profile
- Louise Victoria Everes Scull 2015–2018 View profile
- Amanda Jane Bloor 2015–2016 View profile
- Dr Catherine Millington Saunders 2014–2016 View profile
- Heather Louise Tierney-Moore 2014–2016 View profile
- Dr Mark Newbold 2014–2015 View profile
- Matthew David Kershaw 2014–2016 View profile
- Prem Singh 2014–2022 View profile
- Owen Almando Williams 2014–2020 View profile
- Jonathon Edward Fagge 2014–2015 View profile
- Mairead Mcalinden 2014–2015 View profile
- Sir Andrew John Cash 2013–2022 View profile
- Heather Patricia Strawbridge 2013–2016 View profile
- Edward Thomas Colgan 2013–2015 View profile
- Michael O'Higgins 2012–2015 View profile
- John Fraser Mcivor 2012–2013 View profile
- Shaun Robert Clee 2011–2017 View profile
- Stephen Richard Warburton 2011–2015 View profile
- Phillip Brian Taylor 2010–2015 View profile
- Sir Keith Samuel Pearson 2010–2012 View profile
- Sabapathy, Paul Chandrasekharan, Cvo CBE 2010–2011 View profile
- David Peter Highton 2010–2010 View profile
- James Richard Birrell 2010–2011 View profile
- Peter Anthony Griffiths 2010–2011 View profile
- Trevor George Purt 2010–2015 View profile
- Lisa Marie Rodrigues 2010–2014 View profile
- Michael Robert Parish 2010–2015 View profile
- Anthony William Dell 2007–2010 View profile
- Karen Rosemary Knapton 2007–2010 View profile
- Susan Margaret Sorensen 2007–2010 View profile
- Angela Mary Ballati 2007–2010 View profile
- Finlay Robertson 2006–2008 View profile
- Simon Martin Jones 2006–2008 View profile
- Professor David Croisdale-Appleby 2005–2007 View profile
- Malcolm Charles Hanney 2005–2010 View profile
- Bryan Stoten 2005–2010 View profile
- Patrick Mccartan 2005–2012 View profile
- Robert Meirion Hughes 2005–2006 View profile
- Sally Ann Gorham 2004–2005 View profile
- Dr Joseph Gerald Mcsorley 2004–2005 View profile
- Robert Mandell Creighton 2003–2003 View profile
- Christine Lenhian 2003–2005 View profile
- Carol Clarke 2003–2004 View profile
- Michael Alexander Wood 2003–2005 View profile
- Angela Ballatti 2003–2005 View profile
- Edmund Francis Lloyd Fitzhugh 2002–2004 View profile
- Sir Peter John Bellett Dixon 2002–2008 View profile
- Alan Burns 2002–2006 View profile
- Peter William Mount 2002–2008 View profile
- Trevor Fraser Campbell Davis 2002–2010 View profile
- Richard John Higgins 2002–2002 View profile
- Steven Charles Clarke 2002–2003 View profile
- Hugh Sproule Mills 2002–2003 View profile
- Ernest Anthony Hughes 2002–2007 View profile
- Dianne Michelle Jeffrey 2002–2003 View profile
- Sian Pamela Flynn 2002–2002 View profile
- Professor Elaine Murphy 2002–2004 View profile
- David Hugh Thomas 2002–2002 View profile
- Christopher Michael Town 2002–2002 View profile
- Alan Stephenson 2002–2010 View profile
- Dr Gillian Margaret Morgan 2002–2002 View profile
- Nicholas Charles Webb 2002–2007 View profile
- Caroline Mary Thomson 2002–2003 View profile
- Alexander Taylor 2002–2005 View profile
- Janice Elizabeth Miles 2004–2009 View profile
- Kim Lesley Beazor 2002–2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/01/2002
- Also a registered charity
- The NHS Confederation
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
24 directors on the board
- Joseph Richard Harrison CBE Director · appointed 2021
- Paul Jonathan Davies Director · appointed 2023
- Nandakumar Ratnavel Director · appointed 2021
- Lord Victor Olufemi Adebowale Director · appointed 2020
- Richard John Henderson Director · appointed 2026
- Karen Natalie Walker Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Peta Jane Foxall Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Buki Adeyemo Director · appointed 2025
- Roisin Coulter Director · appointed 2026
- Ebunoluwa Mofoluwake Ajayi Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Barrie Morgan Director · appointed 2024
- Selina Ullah Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew Arthur Bryant Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Pramitkumar Patel Director · appointed 2021
- Richard Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Woollett Director · appointed 2022
- Chistopher William Oliver Director · appointed 2026
- Sir Terence John Stephenson Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Andrew Hardy Director · appointed 2026
- Elliot Nicholas Howard-Jones Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Kathy Mclean Director · appointed 2025
- Mary Elford Director · appointed 2026
- Valerie Louise Morton Director · appointed 2021
- Sharon Leigh Mays Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Lord Victor Olufemi Adebowale Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (13)
- Joseph Richard Harrison CBE Director · appointed 2021
- Richard John Henderson Director · appointed 2026
- Karen Natalie Walker Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Buki Adeyemo Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Pramitkumar Patel Director · appointed 2021
- Richard Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
- Chistopher William Oliver Director · appointed 2026
- Sir Terence John Stephenson Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Andrew Hardy Director · appointed 2026
- Elliot Nicholas Howard-Jones Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Kathy Mclean Director · appointed 2025
- Valerie Louise Morton Director · appointed 2021
- Sharon Leigh Mays Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (11)
- Paul Jonathan Davies Director · appointed 2023
- Nandakumar Ratnavel Director · appointed 2021
- Lord Victor Olufemi Adebowale Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Peta Jane Foxall Director · appointed 2022
- Roisin Coulter Director · appointed 2026
- Ebunoluwa Mofoluwake Ajayi Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Barrie Morgan Director · appointed 2024
- Selina Ullah Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew Arthur Bryant Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Woollett Director · appointed 2022
- Mary Elford Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
- Lord Victor Olufemi Adebowale Institute for Public Policy Research
- Dr Peta Jane Foxall Volunteering Matters
- Ebunoluwa Mofoluwake Ajayi Retrak
- Jonathan Barrie Morgan Yellow Wales, Whitchurch (Cardiff) Community Association
- Selina Ullah Manchester Libraries Trust
- Matthew Arthur Bryant The Foundation Trust Network, Jared Gear Almshouse Charity
- Emma Woollett The Bristol Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Limited
- Sir Terence John Stephenson The Foundation Trust Network
- Professor Andrew Hardy The Foundation Trust Network
- Mary Elford The Foundation Trust Network
- Valerie Louise Morton Newcastle Upon Tyne Children's Mission and Institute Fund
- Sharon Leigh Mays Ready, Steady, Read
Left in the last 12 months
- Robert Jonathan Stewart Patton Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04358614
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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