Appointments

Appointments

Carol Potter (pictured) has taken up the post of interim chief executive at NHS Fife. She was previously deputy chief executive and director of finance at the organisation. NHS Fife chair Tricia Marwick said: ‘Carol has already shown her professionalism and dedication and she is much respected through the organisation. I look forward to working with her as the interim chief executive in the period ahead.’ Ms Potter’s move comes after Paul Hawkins left NHS Fife to take over as chief executive of NHS Highland, after nearly five years as NHS Fife chief executive.

Katherine Archer (pictured) has taken up a new position as head of financial performance at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Ms Archer previously served as senior finance business partner at the trust. She has worked there since 2017.

Robin Andrews has started a new position as director of finance (operations) at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Mr Andrews was previously working as interim deputy chief financial officer at Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group.

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups have appointed Claire Skidmore executive director of finance. She previously held the position of chief finance officer at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group.

Colin McCready has joined Supply Chain Co-ordination Limited (SCCL) – the management function of NHS Supply Chain – as chief financial officer. Mr McCready, who will also be appointed a company director of SCCL, has moved to the supply body from NHS Professionals, where he was chief financial officer and, most recently, interim chief executive. He has held senior finance appointments at public sector outsourcer Serco and professional services provider Control Risks. He has a history of driving transformational change and improving business operational performance across diverse environments.

The London Audit Consortium, which is hosted by Barts NHS Trust, has named Michael Townsend (pictured) as its new managing director. Mr Townsend was due to leave consultancy TIAA at the end of March to take up the new role. The change means he will be standing down from his position as a member of the HFMA Kent, Surrey and Sussex Branch committee.