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Our people

Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Directors and Board members are listed first. Scroll down or click through to the next pages for other members of our team. Alternatively, you can refine your search by using the specialties listed below.

Neil Macdonald

Neil’s second stint at Buckinghamshire Healthcare began in July 2013 as Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Surgery and Critical Care, becoming Chief Operating Officer in April 2015. Neil was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer in March 2018, taking on the role on a permanent basis in January 2019.

Specialties: Oxford HIN Board

Professor Keith Channon

Keith was appointed Director of the Oxford Academic Health Partners in December 2019. He joined the Board in 2020. Keith is an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) and is Field Marshal Earl Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford. He directed the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre from 2010-18. Keith is […]

Specialties: Oxford HIN Board

Steve McManus

Steve is Chief Executive of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, a role he has held since January 2017. Steve’s NHS career dates back 35 years and includes both clinical and managerial responsibilities. He began training as a nurse in 1987 and has gone on to hold a number of senior roles. He chairs the […]

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement Oxford HIN Board

Dr Nick Broughton

Nick took over as Interim Chief Executive of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System in July 2023. His substantive post is Chief Executive of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, a position he has held since taking over from Stuart Bell in 2020. As a consultant psychiatrist for more than 20 years specialising […]

Specialties: Oxford HIN Board

Matthew Epton

Matthew has over ten years’ experience working in the NHS in primary care, holding operational management, strategic management and commissioning roles. He also has worked in adult social care business support and performance management. Matthew has an academic research background with a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Martin Leaver

Martin is an experienced communications professional with a background in journalism and public relations. He has worked with the Oxford AHSN/Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley since 2013. He oversees links with its many partners across the NHS, universities and industry and coordinates communications including websites, newsletters, publications and social media. Martin works closely with communications […]

Specialties: Core team

Flora Gleave

Flora has experience in conducting service evaluation and adoption projects across the BOB ICS. She led a BOB ICS programme aimed at implementing and evaluating various digital innovations across the local NHS Trusts. The programme also involved collaborating with clinical colleagues to complete a service pathway redesign, real-world evaluation, and health economic study to gather […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Amy Izzard

AMY IS CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE Amy supports the Chief Operating Officer and programme office to ensure the delivery of the Oxford HIN’s programmes. She is the main HR link between Oxford HIN and our host Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Amy also works closely with the Head of Communications on a variety of […]

Specialties: Core team Programme Office

Samantha Collins

Samantha provides programme support to the CIA team. Prior to joining in July 2019 she worked in incident reporting, governance and risk management within a NHS trust.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Mamta Bajre

Mamta joined in 2018 from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative in London. Mamta leads our industry support team, supporting early value assessment, carrying out studies into feasibility and barriers to adoption and helping innovators meet NHS needs. She has a background as a medical doctor, a member of ISPOR panels […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships