Andrew Willis

Andrew's specialist knowledge is in the area of corporate governance compliance and systems. A solicitor by profession, he has worked for City and regional law firms in corporate departments and has several years' experience of training lawyers in corporate law.

Andrew is a leadership associate of The King's Fund specialising in skills and behaviors that lead to effective board decision-making. He also carried out development work with the Foundation Trust Governors Association around ensuring board accountability to stakeholders.

Andrew has more than 10 years' board experience in the acute health and housing sectors. Recently appointed to the board of a large foundation trust in the South West, he has previously served as the vice chairman (and chair of audit) of a medium-sized foundation trust (both positions he held during a foundation trust application). Prior to that his board experience included service as a non-executive director on a major teaching hospital board in the South East and with a large housing group in London.

Andrew is currently pursuing doctoral research at the London School of Economics into the role of managerial and clinical incentives in driving NHS productivity. He holds a bachelors, and masters, degree in economics from Manchester University and the LSE respectively.