Our board
Our board decides on strategic direction, within an agreed framework. View our board minutes
Meet our board
Betsy Bassis
Chief Executive (Board Director)
Betsy has extensive experience leading complex, customer-facing organisations across the private and public sectors. Before joining NHSBT in March 2019, she was the Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Betsy spent 12 years at Centrica/British Gas in a range of senior roles, including Strategy Director for British Gas. She is a non-executive director of the housing association London and Quadrant where she also chairs the Customer Experience Committee.
Millie Banerjee CBE
Chair (Board Director)
Millie Banerjee has had a long and varied career in both the private and public sectors. She has extensive experience in corporate governance, having held a number of non-executive appointments including non-executive director of the Cabinet Office, Channel 4 and Ofcom. Currently she also chairs the NHS Integrated Care System in South West London.
Non-executive members
Professor Paresh Vyas
Board Director
Professor Vyas is a Professor of Haematology at Oxford University, he runs a research laboratory at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. (Chair of the Research and Development Committee).
Charles St John
Board Director
Charles was a Partner at private equity investment firms Cognetas and Electra. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Capstone Fostercare, Marken Logistics and Whiteline Windows.
Helen Fridell
Board Director
Helen is the Transformation Director, Customer Experience at Cisco. She is on the UK Gambling Commission Digital Advisory Panel and participates in the Mentoring for Growth programme.
Piers White
Board Director
Piers White has held a number of executive roles in financial services including Barclays UK and Flemings. He was awarded an MBE for public service in 2009.
Professor Deirdre Kelly
Board Director
Deirdre is Professor of Paediatric Hepatology/Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. She has significant Board experience, most notably in the Health Research Authority, General Medical Council, Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).
Joanna Lewis
Board Director
Jo was most recently People Director at Sky and joins us with 25 years’ experience in Human Resources. She is also a Trustee for Middlesex Learning Partnership Multi-Academy Trust and the London School of Mosaic.
Phil Huggon
Board Director
Phil is a Non-executive Director with several organisations mostly in health and education across the private, charitable and public sectors. His executive career has been in commercial, marketing and transformation roles with BP, MARS and Shell, both in the UK and across Europe. Phil now has various NED roles with the NHS, and currently is Chair of the NHS Transformation Unit, Vice Chair of Healthwatch England and NED with the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.
Directors
Rob Bradburn
Director of Finance (Board Director)
Qualified Chartered Accountant, Rob joined in April 2008 with 20+ years' senior financial management experience. Formerly he was Global Vice-President Finance & Planning, Foods at Quest International.
Anthony Clarkson
Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation / Tissue and Eye Services (Board Director)
A Registered Nurse with over 25 years' NHS experience Anthony is a transformational leader who has held a number of leadership roles including in Blood Donation, Tissue and Eye Service and ODT.
Dr Gail Miflin
Director of Clinical Services (Board Director)
Gail joined in 2010 and became a Director in 2016. Previously she was a Consultant Haematologist at hospitals and NHS Trusts, specialising in treating patients with red cell disorders.
Ian Bateman
Director of Quality (Director)
Ian joined in 2009 and became a Director in 2015. He has over 25 years experience in senior national and international Quality and Regulatory Compliance roles in both public and private organisations.
Greg Methven
Director of Blood Supply (Board Director)
Greg has had senior roles within ICI and Akzo Nobel. He was latterly Chief Operating Officer of McBride Plc, Europe’s leading supplier of private label household and personal care products.
Wendy Clark
Chief Digital and Information Officer (Director)
Wendy is an experienced digital technology leader and CIO with a track record of delivering transformation. Wendy has worked across the private and public sectors and multiple industries. Before joining NHSBT in January 2020, she was Executive Director of Product Development at NHS Digital and prior to that CIO for a National Security Agency.
Katie Robinson
Director of Strategy and Transformation (Director)
Katie joined us in May 2020 from NHS England and NHS Improvement where she held a number of roles, most recently Deputy Director, Provider Policy. Prior to joining NHS England Katie held a number of roles across the Civil Service, including as a Senior Civil Servant at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
David Rose
Director of Donor Experience (Director)
David joined as a Director in 2020 from Starbucks Coffee Company where he was responsible for digital customer experiences and engagement across EMEA. Previously he held a number of commercial leadership roles at Virgin Atlantic Airways in the UK, Kenya and China.