Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Chris Attoe

Group Director of Strategy

Chris was appointed as Interim Director of Strategy at ASPH in June 2025 following the Director of Strategy and Sustainability’s secondment as Interim Chief Executive at CSH Surrey.

Dr Mark Roland

Chief Medical Officer

Mark is a Respiratory Consultant with an interest in lung cancer and end of life care. He has worked at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust since 2004 and became Deputy Medical Director in 2019. He became an Associate Medical Director (Operations) in 2017. In 2023 Mark enjoyed a six-month period as Acting Medical Director for the Trust.

Hannah Hamilton

Chief Finance Officer

Hannah Hamilton joined Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as Chief Finance Officer in July 2025. Hannah brings extensive experience from both the NHS and the private sector. Most recently, she was Chief Finance Officer at NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board, and before that, she served as Regional Director of Finance at NHS England, where she oversaw a £17bn budget for the South East and supported delivery of national and regional priorities. She joined the NHS in 2014 through the Executive Fast Track programme, following a successful career in the airline and manufacturing industries. Since then, Hannah has held senior finance leadership roles across the breadth of the NHS – at providers, Sussex ICB and NHS England combining strong commercial acumen with a passion for improving health outcomes.

James A Thomas

Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer

Jay Dungeni

Chief Nursing Officer

Jay joined the trust in January 2025. He has worked in the NHS for over 25 years, initially as a healthcare assistant whilst studying for his adult registered general nurse qualification which he attained in 2001. His first clinical placement as a student nurse was at Ashford Hospital in 1999.

Jo Fanning

Chief People Officer

Jo joined the Trust as Chief People Officer at Ashford and St Peter’s in January 2024. She has worked in the NHS for 24 years, starting as a HR Assistant in a mental health and community Trust in West Sussex, where she stayed for 10 years building her career in HR. In 2009, Jo moved to an acute Trust in Sussex and carried out a variety of HR roles while there, staying for 13 years. Jo joined The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in September 2021 as Deputy CPO before being appointed Interim CPO in November 2022.

Ruth Colburn Jackson

Group Director of Transformation and Digital

Ruth joined Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust as Group Director of Transformation in September 2025. Ruth brings over 20 years of NHS experience spanning finance, corporate services, operational leadership, commissioning, and system development at local, regional, and national levels.

Tom Smerdon

Group Director of Neighbourhood Health

Tom has extensive experience in the NHS, having worked at executive level in operational management and strategy across the acute and community sectors. He recently served as interim CEO for CSH Surrey, a social enterprise providing NHS community services in the NW Surrey area. Prior to that he led the strategy function at ASPH, developing corporate and clinical strategy and providing executive leadership of transformation across the NW Surrey health system.

Andy Brooks

Non-Executive Director

Andy joined the Trust as Non-Executive Director at the beginning of September 2024. He is an experienced board level health care leader and practicing clinician and has delivered significant strategic change across multiple health and charity sectors in complex and challenging environments.

Chris Kane

Non-Executive Director

Chris joined the Trust in August 2021 and is an author, advisor and advocate with over 30 years experience in Corporate Real Estate sector having operated as the Vice President of International Corporate Real Estate for The Walt Disney Company, before acting as Head of Workplace at the BBC, where he was responsible for the creation of MediaCityUK in Salford, the redevelopment of Television Centre and oversaw the £1bn development of Broadcasting House.

Jane Dale

Non-Executive Director

Jane has an extensive and diverse background working within the NHS, after joining in 1982 as a student nurse. After qualifying as a registered general nurse and then midwife, she worked as a ward manager, practice nurse, community team leader, and nurse trainer, before moving into management as a clinical governance manager for a primary care and community provider and commissioner. After this she was appointed Director of Clinical Care, responsible for pharmacy, primary care and community services.

Jane Dickson

Deputy Chair and Non-Executive Director

Jane is a Registered Nurse and has worked at board level in a number of NHS acute providers. She has extensive experience in operational, strategic, and transformational roles across a range of challenging and diverse healthcare settings. She has worked in and led local, regional, and UK wide services in highly regulated environments and has strategic level expertise with an extensive understanding of governance across and between organisations in the public sector.

John Machin

Non-Executive Director

John joined the Trust in April 2022. John is passionate about helping values driven organisations, and the individuals within them, to realise their full potential through leveraging innovation and continuous learning and improvement.

Julie Fisher

Non-Executive Director

Julie joined the Trust in January 2026, bringing a strong commercial background in procurement and digital transformation alongside extensive public and private sector board experience. She is passionate about building alliances that deliver better outcomes for patients and communities.

Julie Pearce

Non-Executive Director

We are pleased to announce that Julie joined the Trust at the beginning of September 2024. She is a Registered Nurse, graduate, and has twenty years’ experience of working at executive director level in the NHS.

Simon Devonshire OBE

Non-Executive Director

Simon has an extensive corporate career and is also a serial entrepreneur. He previously ran O2 Business, the business division of the mobile-network and co-founded Wayra Europe, the business accelerator belonging to Telefonica. He served as Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) for the UK Government for three and a half years, reporting to the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy. Simon co-founded One Water which has donated more than £25m to providing clean water in Africa. He also helped scale-up Zopa.com at seed-stage.