Board Profiles

Bill Fullagar - Chairman

Bill has wide experience at director/chairman level in the industrial field. He was International Marketing Director for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland before becoming President of its group of healthcare, food and agrochemical companies in the USA, and subsequently heading the Novartis Group in the UK. From 2001-2003 he was President of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

Chair of Research & Development Committee and also BPL Committee

Lynda Hamlyn - Chief Executive

Lynda joined the organisation in January 2008 from Westminster Primary Care Trust, where she had been Chief Executive since its inception in 2002. She joined the NHS in 1986 as Director of Services for North Hertfordshire Health Authority. In a career in the NHS spanning over 20 years, she was Chief Executive first of Northamptonshire and then Hertfordshire Health Authority, and a member of the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group. She was a non-executive director of Stonham Housing Association from 2003 to 2008.

Non Executive Directors

Andrew Blakeman

Andrew Blakeman is a chartered accountant and Head of Control for Refining & Marketing at BP p.l.c. He joined the BP Group in 1996 following eight years with Touche Ross & Co.

Chair of Trust Fund Committee

Della Burnside

Della Burnside, a solicitor, is General Counsel & Company Secretary of McDonald's Restaurants Limited & Division Counsel, Northern Europe. She joined McDonald's in 2007, having previously worked for easyGroup (UK) Ltd and following a number of years as a Partner in private practice.

Chair of Transplant Policy Review Committee

Dr Christine Costello

Dr Christine Costello is a Consultant Haematologist. She is also a member of the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise Panel and a GMC Examiner in the clinical examination for international graduates. She is a Justice of the Peace and has previously been a member of the Independent Monitoring Board of Wandsworth Prison.

John Forsythe

John Forsythe is a Consultant Transplant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He is the Lead Clinician for Organ Donation and Transplantation in Scotland, Chair of the Scottish Transplant Group and Secretary General for the European Society for Organ Transplantation.

David Greggains

David Greggains is a management accountant and director of a private company. He has experience of working in both the public and private sector and is a member of the Independent Monitoring Board for Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre.

Chair of Remuneration Committee

George Jenkins OBE

George Jenkins OBE, is Vice Chair of NHSBT. He has held many non-executive and executive director roles in both the public and private sectors.

Deputy Chair of the Board and Chair of Governance and Audit Committee

Shaun Williams

Shaun Williams is a former Board-level Director of Corporate Affairs for two national media companies, was Chief Executive of the TV and feature film trade body PACT, and is a former journalist, BBC Director and ITV Producer. He has served on a number of public and private sector boards, and has been an invited member of several industry and government committees.

Executive Team

Mike Potter - Director of Business Transformation Services

Michael joined NHSBT in November 2009 as Assistant Director, Business Transformation before being appointed as Director of Business Transformation Services in June 2011. Before joining NHSBT he worked for the Rural Payments Agency where he was Director of Programmes and Projects. Previous to that he has held a number of senior change leadership positions in both the public and private sector, including at ICI, Boots and the Environment Agency.

Leonie Austin - Director of Communications

Leonie joined NHSBT in April 2010. Prior to this, she spent five years as Director of Communications at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and was central to transforming its service and profile. Before moving to the RICS she enjoyed a successful career in Government communications at the Highways Agency, Department of Trade and Industry, Food Standards Agency and as Director of Communications at the Cabinet Office.

Rob Bradburn - Director of Finance

With more than 20 years experience of senior financial management, Rob joined NHSBT in April 2008 from Premier Foods, where he was interim Head of Finance, Group Procurement. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young, he began a long career at ICI in 1985, culminating in the role of Global Vice-President Finance & Planning, Foods at Quest International in the Netherlands. From 2004-2006, he was Group Finance Director of ABF Ingredients at Associated British Foods PLC.

Dougie Dryburgh - Director of Estates and Logistics

Dougie's responsibilities encompass infrastructure, transport and warehousing. Prior to joining NHSBT in August 2006 Dougie spent 16 years in the RAF, operating mainly within the infrastructure environment.

David Evans - Director of HR

David has wide experience of HR in the public sector. Before joining NHSBT in June 2006 he was Director of HR and Organisational Development at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust.

Sally Johnson - Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation

Sally joined NHSBT in September 2008. Previously she was Programme Director responsible for achieving clinical reconfiguration across four South East London Acute Hospital Trusts. Before that she was CEO of Enfield Primary Care Trust for six years. She has also led reviews of seven Ambulance Trusts in South East England and of the NHS contribution to the 2012 Olympic Games.

Alan McDermott - Director of Blood Donation

Alan joined NHSBT in August 2006. Prior to this, he held a number of senior IT executive roles in private sector manufacturing, services and financial organisations in Ireland, Australia and the UK and more recently in UK Government.

Dr Clive Ronaldson - Director of Patient Services

Clive's previous experience includes 17 years with Baxter Healthcare, where he was factory manager in the UK. He joined BPL in 1993 to take responsibility for manufacturing and associated activities, becoming Managing Director BPL in September 2005. Having led the National Blood Services as interim Managing Director from July 2007, he was appointed Director of Patient Services in June 2008.

Dr Lorna Williamson - Medical and Research Director

Lorna took up her current post in 2007, after 16 years as an academic consultant with the University of Cambridge/National Blood Service. She was a founder of the UK haemovigilance scheme SHOT, and the NHSBT/MRC Clinical Studies Unit. Her interests are in clinical trials and policy making on safety issues. Lorna is a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.