Non-Executive Directors

Sheila chaired Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust from 2010 – 2017 and was also the Founding Chair of the Joint Working Board (2016-2017), forged through the collaboration of Mid Essex Hospitals with Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital FT and Southend University Hospital University FT within the Mid and South Essex Strategic Transformation Partnership (STP).

Sheila was previously Chair of the North East Essex Primary Care Trust (2006-2010) and prior to that, chaired the Essex Ambulance Service, before being appointed to the Board of the East of England Ambulance Regional Service.

Coming with a strong clinical background, she has built significant and diverse senior leadership experience in health and social care and in the University sector. She was the Executive Dean of Health at Anglia Ruskin University, where she led the establishment of a Regional Faculty of Health and Social Care, and has represented the Nursing and Midwifery Council on numerous quality and standards visits to British Universities and their partner NHS Trusts.

Sheila has served as a quality partner with the Postgraduate Medical Education & Training Board (PMETB) and the General Medical Council (GMC). She holds a government appointment as an Equality and Diversity Ambassador, and has worked internationally as a developmental consultant and strategic advisor. She is an experienced executive coach and leadership mentor and actively supports the East of England Coaching Network operated through Health Education England.

She is the Emeritus Professor of Health Services Development at Anglia Ruskin University, currently advising on the establishment of the new Medical School, and has considerable previous experience both as an appointed foundation trust governor and as a non-executive director.

Loy is a leader in healthcare innovation. Before working exclusively in healthcare, he worked for 11 years for a management consultancy, leading technology-enabled business transformation programmes for multi-national companies.

Over the past decade, Loy has introduced a number of healthcare innovations and is president of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Digital Health Council. He has launched a UK social enterprise startup in wellness and was the founder of the telehealth business at BT Global Health.

Loy has served on a number of high-profile government panels and academic collaborations to promote the adoption of technology and decision science in healthcare. He runs a health innovation company that applies design, digital, and decision science to transform healthcare.

Loy is looking forward to sharing his knowledge and expertise to support EPUT’s goals to provide the best and safest care possible for our patients.

Diane's career has spanned several industries. She has held Finance Director roles at various commercial organisations in the information and publishing, insurance broking and legal sectors where she has streamlined, grown and transformed business units.

Diane has a keen interest in healthcare and people issues and served as a non-executive director within the NHS for 10 years prior to joining the board of EPUT.

Currently, Diane is a fractional Chief Financial Officer, working with growing businesses. She is also a non-executive director at the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and sits on the Board of Trustees at the East of England’s award-winning contemporary visual arts gallery, Firstsite.

An Economics graduate of the University of Waterloo (Canada), Diane holds a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Business School and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Mateen is a practicing GP in London and Essex and previously worked as Deputy Medical Director at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, and NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group.

He has a passion for technology and innovation, is a regular broadcaster on new and innovative healthcare approaches and sits on a number of boards including the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Ruth began her career in clinical practice as a nurse before becoming a midwife working in Colchester. She moved into higher education in Anglia Ruskin University where she completed a Masters and a Doctorate. During this time she held a range of senior roles including Director of the Post Graduate Medical Institute and Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean Faculty of Medical Science. Ruth was the Pro Vice Chancellor for the development of the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University working with colleagues across Essex, regionally and nationally to establish a new medical school Chelmsford in 2018.

Ruth returned to the NHS in 2020 where she held the role of Executive Chief People Officer for the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, here she led on workforce and educational strategy for the system.

Ruth has a passion for education and research  and the benefits they can bring for our staff and the health and wellbeing of our population . Her understanding of systems and the importance of cross sector collaboration gives her a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Elena’s executive career was in the private equity. At SI Capital she was a partner responsible for financial and legal affairs of the firm, lead international teams handling acquisitions and exits across continental Europe and the Middle East. She also worked as a restructuring CEO in portfolio companies.

Elena has more than twenty years of board level experience in executive, and nonexecutive
capacities. Her current NED portfolio includes North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. 

Elena has seven years of front line and board level volunteering at mental health charities, including Bipolar UK, Herts Mind and St Andrew’s Healthcare.

Elena is a qualified accountant and a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Jenny qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC before a career in Executive roles in the NHS in Cambridgeshire. This included ten years at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Foundation Trust as well as a period as Director of Finance and Improvement at Cambridgeshire Clinical Commissioning Group.

Jenny is now the Bursar at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and sits on the Joint Wellbeing Committee for the collegiate University which oversees the implementation of the recently agreed Mental Health Strategy.

Jenny has also worked in an executive role for Place2Be, a charity that provides mental health services in schools.  She is currently a Trustee of Red Balloon Educational Trust which provides alternative educational opportunities for young people who have self-excluded from school as a result of bullying.