Stephen lives in Hertfordshire and has had a long and successful career in the NHS. He has extensive NHS Board level leadership in primary, community and acute organisations. He has whole system experience having held senior roles in local government including a dually accountable position working across health and social care in central London responsible for contracting for home, residential and nursing care. He has also worked for two private sector organisations as a management consultant on programmes at national and local levels.

Stephen has worked effectively in operational management (including crisis management), strategic planning, service reconfiguration and transformation programmes and is enthusiastic about improving service integration. His last NHS role was as CEO of Bedford Hospital, managing a full range of acute and emergency services where he was focussed on delivering high quality services to local residents. He retired in 2020 following the successful formation of the Bedfordshire NHS Trust, a single organisation managing acute services across Bedfordshire.