Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Dr Natalie Borman

Chief Medical Officer

Joe Smyth

Chief Officer, Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Joe was appointed as Isle of Wight Chief Officer in September 2023 and is a member of the Boards in Common between Isle of Wight and Portsmouth Hospitals, he is a voting member of the IWT Board. Joe joined the Isle of Wight Trust in October 2019 as Chief Operating Officer and assumed the role of Gold Commander for the Trust during the pandemic. In previous roles he worked with 8 CCGs and 4 acute Trusts to develop an acute clinical site strategy for North-West London. Joe was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Hillingdon Hospitals for seven years and led on the creation of their Integrated Care Partnership, women's and children unit and development of a frailty service. He was also the Director of Service Improvement at Epsom and St Helier in South London and spent 3 years at the Royal Bournemouth NHS Trust as their Deputy COO where he led the reconfiguration of their hospital sites.

Lee McPhail

Chief Delivery Officer

Lee was appointed Chief Delivery Officer of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust in January 2024. Lee has more than 20 years' experience within the NHS, including leading operational roles at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust and, prior to this, North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Before commencing with our organisation, he had been at Croydon since 2018. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer for that Trust in 2019, with a focus on bringing them and NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group closer together to maximise the resources available for the frontline.

Mark Orchard

Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Executive

Mark is currently national Chair of the NHS Providers Finance and Commercial Directors' Network, elected by his peers. Between 2022–2024, Mark also chaired the University Hospital Association National Finance Directors' Group. During 2016–17 Mark was President of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and served ten years as a non-Executive Board level Trustee between 2009–2019, with included Board Chair 2016–17 and vice-Chair 2013–16.

Michelle Stanley

Chief Strategy Officer

Michelle was appointed as Chief Strategy Officer in April 2025. She has worked in the NHS since 1996 and has extensive senior operational experience, having successfully managed two community hospitals in the Midlands. She is a registered physiotherapist specialising in frailty and balance disorders and holds a registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. Before moving to the island in 2020, Michelle worked as a consultancy director, travelling the UK to work with NHS organisations on improvement, transformation and strategy. Michelle has also held the positions of Programme Director of Strategy, Partnership and Transformation and Director of Strategy and Improvement for IWT.

Paul Hargreaves

Chief People and Culture Officer

Paul joined as Chief People and Culture Officer in June 2026, bringing extensive experience of working in people management and Board-level and HR leadership roles across the NHS. Prior to joining the Trust, Paul served as Deputy Chief People Officer at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, where he provided strategic leadership across People Services within a dual-Trust group. He has also held the role of Executive Director of People and Organisational Development at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. Paul is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Professor Anoop Chauhan

Chief Research Officer

Anoop was appointed Chief Research Officer for both PHU and IWT in September 2023. He has been the Director of Research at PHU since 2009 and is also a practicing physician in respiratory and general medicine. Anoop has developed opportunities for patients throughout the region to participate in high-quality research trials, introduced innovations in clinical pathways, developed new models of care, and helped set up a nationally recognised severe asthma centre in Portsmouth. His research has resulted in a positive impact on disease control, quality of life, healthcare usage and health economic benefits in patients with respiratory conditions. Anoop has helped multiple small and medium-sized businesses to secure funding, develop high-quality research studies and technology trials in support of the NHS. He has also set up the Portsmouth Technology Trials Unit to allow more health technology companies to work with patients and the NHS.

Christine Slaymaker

Non-Executive Director (IWT) and Associate Director (PHU)

Christine has been a member of both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust since 2017. Prior to this she was Chief Executive of Farnborough College of Technology, rated ‘Outstanding' for Quality and Financial Health. She is a business graduate and has held non-executive positions for a number of organisations including Farnborough Aerospace Consortium, Treloar School and College, a Royal Engineers' charity and the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership. Christine was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2014. She is from the Portsmouth area and still lives locally. Christine joined the Board in May 2017. Prior to this she was Chief Executive of Farnborough College of Technology, rated “Outstanding” for Quality and Financial Health. She is a business graduate and has held non-executive positions for a number of organisations including Farnborough Aerospace Consortium, Treloar School and College, a Royal Engineers charity and the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership. Christine was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2014. She is from the Portsmouth area and still lives locally.

Deborah McKenzie

Non Executive Director

Deborah is an experienced public sector and private sector leader with a passion for supporting people and organisations to thrive. She has worked in the health sector since 2005, starting as a non Executive director at the Royal Surrey County Hospital before working at the London Strategic Health Authority, followed by the Department of Health and Social Care. Deb joined Public Health England in January 2013 as it was created, moving to NHSBT in autumn 2021. She has served on the Boards of both NHS Blood and Transplant and Public Health England as Chief People Officer and is a Fellow of the CIPD. Prior to 2005 she worked as an independent OD practitioner, and before that was an associate partner with Accenture she led a number of large-scale change programmes. Her early career was spent in the private sector. Deb joined the Trust Board in April 2024.

Dr Vivek Srivastava

Non-Executive Director

He is the founding chair of Pan-London Acute Medicine Network, a clinical community to improve acute care in the region. He has also contributed to improving physical and mental health services, mental health education and preventing hospital re-admissions. He worked from 2013-2023 for the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death (NCEPOD), where he contributed to reports on the quality of care of conditions like sepsis, pulmonary embolism, peri-operative diabetes care and mental healthcare in acute hospitals. Vivek is the Director of Quality for MBBS at King's College London School of Medicine and is closely involved with the new medical school campus in Portsmouth.

Jonathan Plumtree

Non-Executive Director

Jonathan started his business career at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, where he specialised in the UK/US insurance sector, before becoming Finance Director of a leading health-focused insurance company. He subsequently moved into business leadership, as managing director of two corporate businesses for Zurich Insurance and CEO of Omnilife Insurance. He now focuses on a impactful consulting and NED roles. Jonathan joined the Trust Board in April 2024 and is Chair of the Audit Committee. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales with over 30 years experience in the insurance and charity sectors. He lives in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and is Vice Chair of Wessex Cancer Support and a Vice President for Young Lives Vs Cancer.

Nigel Chapman

Non-Executive Director

Nigel joined the Trust Board as a Non-Executive Director (NED) in January 2026. He is Chair of the Quality and Performance Committee. He has extensive experience as a NED and Trustee in the health and charity sectors, having been a NED at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust from 2016 until 2025. He is currently Chair of Elmore Community Services (a specialised mental health charity) based in Oxford. He has chaired Plan UK, Nacro and Care International UK. He is also a local Councillor on Oxford City Council. He held many senior roles in broadcasting at the BBC including as Director of BBC World Service from 2004 to 2009. He led Plan International, the global children's charity as CEO from 2009-2015.

Phil Berrington

Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair (PHU and IWT)

Phil has been a Non-Executive Director with IWT since January 2019 and at PHU since January 2023. He became Deputy Chair in November 2023 and is the Chair of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee. He was formerly an executive partner in IBM Consulting leading accounts where clients were undergoing large and complex transformation journeys, enabled by technological change. In his consulting work, Phil has experience of working in the public sector, notably with a large central government department helping them transform back-office functions and processes. Most recently, Phil was IBM's Lead Client Partner for large media production and broadcasting organisation. Phil is a Chartered Management Accountant (FCMA), a Chartered Management Consultant, and holds a post graduate diploma in Strategy & Innovation from Said Business School.

Professor Graham Galbraith

Non-Executive Director, University of Portsmouth representative

He is passionate about higher education and its power to transform the life choices of individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds. He is also committed to leading the University to provide the very best student experience underpinned by internationally excellent research and world class business engagement.

Professor Greta Westwood

Associate Director (PHU and IWT)

Toby Salt

Non-Executive Director

Toby is an experienced Non-Executive Director (NED) whose family work also work in the NHS. He is Chair of CATS Global Schools and Ryde Academy Council, Visiting Professor of Education Leadership at the University of Wolverhampton, and Chair of the Teaching Awards Trust. Toby joined the Trust Board in January 2026. Toby was Chief Executive of AQA, the largest exam board in the UK which has several profit-making subsidiaries and technology start-ups. He was also CEO of Ormiston Academies Trust, overseeing 42 academies in some of the most challenging areas of the country and leading 3,500 staff and 26,000 students. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Chief Executive of the National College for School Leadership, advising ministers and shaping national leadership development policy. He was director of the Department for Education's Innovation unit and before this head of several schools, in the specialist sector.