Brian Marsden - Chairman

Brian is a chartered public accountant by profession who joined the NHS in 1983 as Deputy Director of Finance in Coventry, becoming Director in 1986. From 1992-1996 he was Deputy to the National Director of Finance and Performance for the NHS Executive in England.

Brian was then involved in a series of consultancy projects on behalf of a number of Health Authorities, NHS Trusts and Primary Care Groups in England.  He was a member of Leeds Health Authority Board from 2000 to April 2002 when he took the role of Chair of Leeds North East Primary Care Trust. Brian is a Stakeholder Governor at Harrogate and District Foundation Trust on behalf of NHS Leeds.

Kevin Howells - Acting Chief Executive

A member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Kevin joined the NHS in 1993 as Director of Finance of the West Lindsey NHS Trust from the Audit Commission. Kevin has held senior management posts at Acute Trusts and Health Authorities, developing plans for both service and financial recovery.

Dr Simon Stockill - Clinical Chair (Leeds)

Dr Simon Stockill is a GP in Headingley. He grew up in Yorkshire before studying medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London. After qualifying as a GP and before moving back up north, he worked as a lecturer in general practice at Imperial College London and served on the board of Westminster Primary Care Trust. He has a post-graduate degree in public health from the University of York and has co-authored an award winning book on medical careers. His main clinical interests include emergency care, sexual health, and children and young peoples’ medicine.

Dr Ian Cameron - Joint Director of Public Health (Leeds)

Ian qualified as a doctor at Liverpool University, subsequently moving into the field of public health.  Ian held the post of Consultant in Public Health Medicine at Leeds Health Authority for 10 years before becoming Director of Public Health at Leeds North West Primary Care Trust. Ian has worked at a regional and national level and his work has been published extensively. Ian was recently appointed Joint Director of Public Health for NHS Leeds and Leeds City Council on 1 November 2010.

Philomena Corrigan - Delivery and Service Transformation

Phil started her nursing career in 1982 in Bradford and worked in intensive care, surgical services and older peoples services in Leeds. She then moved into a research, audit and educational role, co-writing two books on improving the quality of care in the NHS. She was Deputy Director of Nursing at the acute trust in Doncaster for four years, where she led on improving standards of care in general medical wards and developing clinical indicators across a range of ward environments. Phil became an independent consultant for two years, undertaking service redesign projects in mental health and primary care in Ireland, Gibraltar and the UK. She was Director of Nursing in an acute trust, and then moved to Bradford South and West PCT before joining Leeds PCT in 2006. Phil intends to ensure that patient services in Leeds are first class and deliver the best outcomes for those who use them.

June Goodson-Moore - Corporate Development

June has over 20 years' experience at director level, primarily in human resources (HR) at a number of NHS organisations in West Yorkshire. She was previously Deputy Chief Executive of Bradford District Care Trust with responsibilities for HR, staff development, modernisation, communications, public relations and Board support. June is a Partner Governor of Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Damian Riley - Medical Director 

Damian has been a doctor for over 20 years, and has worked as a GP in Leeds since 2004. He is also the Executive Director of Primary Care for NHS Leeds and oversees the commissioning of all GPs, dentists, optometrists and pharmacists for NHS Leeds. In the past, Damian has worked for South Leeds PCT and North East Leeds PCT. He also works as a Trainer and Clinical Assessor for the National Patient Safety Agency.

Dr Anita Parkin - Joint Director of Public Health (Bradford and Airedale)

Anita Parkin is a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health; she joined the NHS in 1992 from the academic world. She has worked in public health in several parts of the country: Derbyshire, Doncaster, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire and came to Bradford in 2007 as director of public health for the PCT and the council from Medway where she had been one of the early joint appointments of directors of public health in 2003.

Cathy Clelland – Non Executive Director

Cathy Clelland brings a wealth of finance and business experience to the board, having worked in a variety of senior management roles for some of Yorkshire’s best known companies.

An accountant by background, Cathy started her career with the construction company Tilcon, then moved to Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television in 1984 where she progressed from senior management accountant to finance director of Facilities Division, the programme making arm of the company, at a particularly challenging time. She then joined Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) as finance and commercial director in 1994. Cathy played a pivotal role in the successful development of LBIA as a vibrant regional airport both in public and private ownership. 

At present, Cathy is chair of West North West (WNW) Homes Ltd, an arms-length social housing organisation in Leeds responsible for 22,000 homes. She is also finance director of Canny Consultants Ltd based in York.

Married to Jim, Cathy has two married stepsons and most recently two grandsons; she lives near Tadcaster.

Barry Fulton

Formerly from South Yorkshire but having lived in Leeds for many years, Barry is a qualified accountant whose career developed into senior management.  Barry has worked for the Healthcare Commission carrying out Trust clinical governance reviews and was also a Non Executive Director of Leeds North West PCT. As part of his Non Executive Director role, Barry is Chair of the Involving People Panel (an advisory body of NHS Leeds) and Chair of the Audit Committee. 

Shafiq Ahmed – Non Executive Director

Shafiq Ahmed was born in Pakistan and came to the UK in 1973. After 16 years at Grattan, he joined Bradford Council, where he worked as the economic regeneration manager for Manningham, Girlington, Haworth Road and Holmewood, managing the deployment of European and neighbourhood renewal funds. Shafiq is currently the centre manager for the Farnham Road Children’s Centre.

A keen cricketer, Shafiq lives in Horton Grange with his wife, their three sons and daughter.  For over 10 years he has worked in a voluntary capacity to improve the quality of life of the people living within the Horton Grange area. During this time he has gained experience of mobilising community engagement and was instrumental in the process of setting of up a local community regeneration partnership. He is currently the chair of the partnership. 

He has served on the Bradford Community Health Council, CHAS Housing Aid Bradford, governing body at Farnham Primary School and was an adviser to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) for three years on their Bradford programme supporting research and development work by the JRF relating to social issues in Bradford.