All Non-executive directors are members of the Trust Board and are able to vote at Trust Board meetings. They are appointed to the Trust by the Appointments Commission.
They serve a term of five years each and their periods of appointment are staggered in order to provide consistency to the Board's decision making processes.
Non-executive directors represent the interests of the communities they serve and provide both support and challenge on the Trust Board. Non-executive directors bring to the Board their skills and experience gained from across a number of diverse backgrounds.
Laurence Newman, Chair
Laurence Newman spent 20 years at the London office of international accountants and consultants KPMG, where he established and directed their Leisure and Tourism Consulting Group. He was a KPMG partner for 13 years.
Since leaving KPMG Laurence has been appointed to a number of charity Trustee and commercial Non Executive positions. Laurence was a Trustee of Comic Relief between 1997 and 2010, and remains a member of their Investment Committee. He is a Trustee of the Waterways Trust, where he chairs their Museums Management Board. He is a Trustee of Creativity, Culture and Education where he chairs the Resources and Audit Committee. He is also a Trustee of Commonweal, a housing charity.
He is a Non-Executive Director of Grove End Housing Ltd and is also a member of the Advisory Board of The Foundation LLP, a consulting firm.
Cherry McCormack, Non-Executive Director
Cherry has worked in the private sector for over 25 years, mostly in financial services in a number of consultancy and senior management roles, specialising in product management and marketing.
As a director she has helped companies to navigate through strategic changes, latterly working in investment management.
She lives in Raynes Park, is the secretary of the Friends of Holland Garden and enjoys keeping fit by playing tennis, running half marathons and cycling.
Cherry studied geography at Durham University and is a qualified accountant.
Dr Peter Rawlinson, Non-Executive Director
Peter has extensive experience in the commercial sector, with more than 30 years of senior management experience and 20 years of working at director level. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Strategy and Development for BT Global Services.
Peter, who holds a PhD in business, has previously served three years as non-executive director with the Trust (from 2007 to 2010) and re-joins the organisation after a year's posting with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in Vietnam, where he and his wife worked to set up a schooling programme for children with special needs.
Peter also has significant experience in the voluntary sector and is on the Board of Bournemouth University, a Trustee of the Stroke Association, and a Trustee for the CfBT Education Trust (a not-for-profit organisation set up to deliver education services worldwide).
Professor David Oliveira, Non-Executive Director
Professor David Oliveira is a renal physician and was appointed to the position of Professor of Renal Medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School in 1995. He first joined the Trust as a non-executive director in 2004, an appointment he has held ever since.
A former clinical director of the renal department at St George's Hospital, Professor Oliveira has also published extensive research on immunosuppressants (drugs that dampen down the body's immune system, which can be used in order to help the body accept a transplanted organ) and other aspects of treatment in renal medicine.
Professor Oliveira lives in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Patricia Baskerville, Non-Executive Director
Patricia is a senior civil servant who has held a number of senior positions in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. She is currently responsible within the National Offender Management Service for a range of operational policies in relation to prisons and prisoners, including prisoner safety.
She has lived in South West London since 1980 and was a magistrate for 25 years in Kingston until the court closed in June 2011, including a term as Chair of the Youth Panel.
Patricia is an Oxford graduate and has an MBA from Kingston University. She is married to a consultant vascular surgeon and lives in Kingston.
Nilkunj Dodhia, Non-Executive Director
Nilkunj was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust on 1 January 2009, and is also the Chair of the Audit Committee.
Nilkunj advises international blue chip clients and entrepreneurial businesses on matters of finance, strategy and operations. He is involved in private equity financed businesses, with a focus on the commercial aspects of transactions in the telecoms, healthcare and financial services sectors in emerging markets. He is also Chairman of the Elective Orthopaedic Centre, a high-volume joint replacement hospital serving South West London and Surrey.
Nilkunj has a MBA from INSEAD and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and speaks Spanish.
