NHS Digital Board members

Laura Wade-Gery

Laura is Chair of the NHS Digital Board, as well as Chair of the Talent, Remuneration and Management Committee.

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Professor Sudhesh Kumar, OBE 

On the board of NHS Digital, Sudhesh leads big data, the research sector, clinical informatics/medtech and life sciences strategy.

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Daniel Benton

On the board of NHS Digital, Daniel leads for I.T. delivery excellence, operational transformation and technology strategy.

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Deborah Oakley

Deborah Oakley is a non-executive director on the NHS Digital Board. She joined the board on 1 July 2018 and leads on assurance and risk. She chairs the Assurance and Risk Committee (ARC).

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Balram Veliath

Balram Veliath is a non-executive director on the NHS Digital Board. He joined the board on 1 July 2018, leading on culture, values and stakeholder relations.

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John Noble CBE

John Noble CBE is a non-executive director on the NHS Digital Board. He joined the board on 1 July 2018 and leads for information and cyber security, along with chairing the Information and Cyber Security Committee (IACSC).

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Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre is a non-executive director on the NHS Digital Board. He joined the board on 1 April 2021. He is a doctor, researcher and author, and runs the Datalab at the University of Oxford.

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Steven Woodford

Steven Woodford is a non-executive director on the NHS Digital Board. He joined the board on 1 April 2021 and is member of the Information Assurance and Cyber Security Committee.

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Patrick Eltridge

Patrick Eltridge is a non-executive director on the NHS Digital Board. He joined the board on 1 April 2021 and is a member of the Investment Committee.

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Simon Bolton, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Simon joins the organisation from Test and Trace, where he has been Chief Information Officer (CIO) since August 2020. He was previously CIO of Jaguar Land Rover and brings deep and varied IT delivery, operations and leadership experience.

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Pete Rose, Deputy Chief Executive

NHS Digital’s Deputy Chief Executive, Pete Rose, passed away on 1 August 2021.

Carl Vincent, Chief Financial Officer

Executive responsibilities

• Chief financial officer
• Finance and commercial
• Corporate portfolio office (benefits)

Executive sponsor: Corporate and operational development

• Business and operational delivery
• Finance
• Knowledge management

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Professor Jonathan Benger, Chief Medical Officer

Professor Jonathan Benger CBE is the Chief Medical Officer of NHS Digital. He is also the interim Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) for NHS England and the Portfolio lead for Citizen Health Technology.

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Simon Madden

Simon is Joint Head of the NHS Transformation Digital Policy Unit and Director of Data Policy in DHSC.

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