Leadership staff

Anne Benson

Anne joined The King's Fund from the Royal College of Nursing in July 2009. Anne is an educator, manager and clinician with 30 years' experience of working in and with health and social care services. She began her career as a general nurse, moved into mental health nursing, and for the last 20 years has been working in work-based education and development, primarily in the fields of leadership, team and organisational development.

Nicholas Bradbury

Nicholas works with clinicians and senior managers, helping leaders to develop their creativity and wisdom. Ordained in 1973, he has wide experience of consultancy work with organisations, groups and individuals in the statutory and voluntary sectors.

Paul England

Paul England joined The King’s Fund in July 2008 having worked as a freelance trainer and consultant for the past 10 years. He has been involved in both designing and delivering leadership development programmes using a variety of delivery methods from formal training settings to action learning and coaching.

Nicola Hartley

Nicola is the Co-Programme Director for The King’s Fund's New Medical Directors Programme. She joined the Fund in November 2009 as a Senior Consultant and has 28 years public sector experience. She has spent the majority of her career in the NHS and, in the last four years, worked for the National Policing Improvement Agency as a Development Adviser, supporting individuals identified as having the potential to reach the most senior positions in the police service.

Lorraine King

Lorraine is the Business Manager for Leadership at The King's Fund where she is currently leading on internal systems redesign and process improvement. She is also involved in business generation including responding to tenders, researching market opportunities and linking with the marketing department to promote The King's Fund leadership development portfolio.

Chris Lake

Chris joined The King’s Fund in 2009 with a history of leadership and organisation development (OD) preceded by a line management career in retail. He was Executive MBA Director and Assistant Director for OD and leadership at Roffey Park, and remains visiting faculty on the institute’s MSc in People and Organisation Development.

Donna Lee

Donna joined The King’s Fund substantively in May 2009 having worked as an Associate since July 2008. She has significant experience in the design and development of innovative leadership programmes and of senior organisational development consultancy assignments.  Her relevant work experience is at senior level in a London acute trust and as a consultant with primary care trusts and other private healthcare and voluntary sector organisations

Gerard McGuickin

Gerard McGuickin joined The King’s Fund in May 2007 as a Leadership Development Consultant. Gerard has an educational background in psychology and has worked with the Greater London Authority as an equalities co-ordinator and with the Terrence Higgins Trust as their sector development manager.

Vijaya Nath

Vijaya Nath is a Senior Consultant at The King’s Fund with significant experience in the design and development of innovative leadership programmes and of senior organisational development consultancy assignments. Vijaya joined The King’s Fund after eleven years of developing leadership strategy and associated activity for multi-professional leaders in the NHS from individuals to teams, ward to board, clinical and non-clinical.

Liz Saunders

Liz Saunders joined The King’s Fund in September 2008 following seven years in management roles in the NHS. She has experience in working across a variety of services and specialities within the NHS from acute sector operational management to commissioning and working within an SHA.

Katy Steward

Katy Steward directs the Board Leadership Programme for chairs and non-executive directors in the London region and the national Foundation Trust Governors’ Forum. Formerly she worked at Monitor on governance policy and worked closely on the governance code for foundation trusts. Katy’s role at The King's Fund is to identify ways to support and strengthen boards and their governance.

Judy Taylor

Judy directs The King's Fund's leadership programmes for consultants and clinical directors. She also directs a programme for Irish specialist registrars, co-directs a mixed clinicians programme and provides 1:1 executive coaching and team development. In the past, she has designed and run a European clinical leadership programme and a wide range of programmes for senior managers and senior women leaders.

Liz Thiebe

Liz Thiebe joined The King's Fund in March 2008 after leading the Productive Series at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. This work included leading the national programme to improve patient experience/patient safety and the efficiencies of wards, theatres and community hospitals. A frequent lecturer, she also acts as a planning consultant for surgery, anaesthesia, endoscopy, and capital planning programmes in the US and the UK.

Belinda Weir

Belinda joined The King’s Fund in June 2010. She has over twenty five years’ experience as a leader, coach, consultant and trainer in health care settings, across public, private and non-profit organisations in the UK. During her career Belinda has designed and implemented leadership development and individual, team and organisational performance improvement programmes for a wide range of healthcare organisations.