University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Helen Skinner

Chief Medical Officer

Helen Cobb

Chief Financial Officer

Karlyn Forrest

Director of Strategy, Transformation and Improvement

Karlyn joined UHMBT in July 2025, having spent three years within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative as the Director of Elective Recovery and prior to working as a Director of Strategic Transformation within Greater Manchester. Karlyn is a graduate of the NHS Management Training scheme and has more than 20 years NHS experience working in operational management, transformation and strategic planning roles. She is passionate about the improvement and transformation of services and has led multiple change programmes that have improved both the effectiveness of services and the outcomes for patients using them. Paul joined UHMBT in May 2013. Paul is a qualified Company Secretary with extensive experience of corporate governance. Before joining the NHS he held several senior leadership roles in local authorities across the North of England and Yorkshire.

Louise Jones

Director of Communications and Engagement

Lynne Wyre

Interim Chief Nursing Officer

Scott McLean

Chief Operating Officer

Alison Cole

Non-Executive Director

Alison has 40 years' experience in health care, most recently within NHS England as Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality. Alison trained as a Nurse & Midwife and worked at UHMB from 1992-2007 as a Midwife and general manager. She also spent five years at AQUA (Advancing Quality Alliance) as Head of the Academy focussing on Continuous Quality Improvement and facilitating improvement collaboratives. Alison is passionate about patient safety and continuous improvement and is keen to support UHMB in their improvement journey.

Amin Kamaluddin

Non-Executive Director

An experienced senior director Amin possesses a diverse 25- year career within FTSE100 and global blue-chip organisations spanning the pharma, medical, FMCG industries. Combining expertise in global procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, product development, go-to-market strategy. Amin focuses on formulation and implementation of value creation strategies helping deliver organisational transformation supporting sustainable growth and tangible benefit. A track record of achieving year on year growth for key stakeholders and shareholders alike. Amin holds an MBA from a top 4 UK Management School, is professionally accredited by The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and has a BA Hons in Accounting & Finance. Amin serves as a Trustee for a Blackburn based charity, is the Institute of Directors Ambassador for Lancashire, business mentor for Lancashire County Council Boost programme and business degree student mentor at The Manchester Metropolitan University.

Carrie Cobb

Associate Non-Executive Director

Carrie joined the Board in March 2023 as an Associate Non-Executive Director. She has been a registered nurse since 2001, and has worked as an ACP clinically previously . She is now a Deputy chief nurse / AHPs at FCMS, and therefore has extensive senior clinical leadership expertise. She also has expertise in commissioning , governance and in Quality improvement as a Quality lead at CCG level , and safeguarding lead expertise. She completed an Msc in Healthcare leadership with the NHS leadership academy and gained an EGA award . She was awarded a Queens nurse award for her leadership and innovation work in hospital avoidance . She also supports a voluntary organisation as a trustee on the board ,and enjoys giving a voice to underrepresented communities. Carrie has worked in General practice for a large part of her career , working with her local PCN as board nurse lead , and now overseeing a range of services such as urgent, out of hours and primary care services.

Jalibani Ndebele

Non-Executive Director

Prior to joining the Scottish Ambulance Service, Jalibani served as Director of Operations at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wales, overseeing complex acute hospital services, performance recovery, and major service redesign. He has also worked with NHS England as a Lead for Specialised Services, where he guided a multi‑disciplinary team in delivering specialised care across the North West and implementing national models of care regionally. Earlier in his career, Jalibani led the National Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre (aHUS service), whose work was recognised with the Bright Ideas in Health Award for Research Delivery Impact in 2018. He is an experienced, people‑focused leader committed to high‑quality care, operational excellence, and delivering safe, equitable services for patients and communities.

Karen Deeny

Non-Executive Director

Karen joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in July 2022. She started her career as a speech and language therapist and has over 40 years experience across health, social care and education organisations and systems locally, regionally and nationally. Her work as a clinician, senior leader, researcher and author has been driven by an enduring passion for working with and learning from patients and staff to improve people's experiences and outcomes of care. Karen has completed the NHS Top Leaders programme, holds a PhD in healthcare improvement and is an Institute of Leadership and Management qualified executive coach and mentor, She now works independently supporting a range of statutory, voluntary and charitable organisations with their assurance and improvement programmes.

Keith Andrew Robertson

Associate Non-Executive Director

Keith is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and an experienced director, leading multidisciplinary teams within Health and Social Care. He has a deep-rooted passion for people and a proven track record in strategic governance, stakeholder engagement and regulatory compliance. He has over 20-year experience as a Registered Manager and Responsible Individual with the Care Quality Commission. In a career spanning over 35 years Keith has worked at the intersection of Health and Social Care policy and patient advocacy at a local and National Level to ensure the highest standards of Health and Care are delivered to all individuals within our communities. Keith has combined his work as a director with lecturing in higher and further education, helping to educate the next generation of health and social care professional. His extensive experience in leading diverse teams, coupled with a keen understanding of the evolving healthcare landscape, equips him to support the drive for positive change and continuous improvement. Keith is dedicated to promoting transparency, inclusivity, and excellence in healthcare, with a primary focus on improving patient outcomes and fostering an open culture. Keith currently supports a range of statutory, voluntary and charitable organisation within the Northwest of England.

Mike Wilson

Associate Non-Executive Director

I collaborate closely with other Non-Executive Directors and stakeholders to ensure that the board's decisions reflect the needs and concerns of our community. Living within the community, I am acutely aware of the impact that the Trust's level of care has on individuals, their families, and the community at large. Therefore, I am committed to enhancing the quality of services provided by the Trust. Since the Health and Care Act 2022 came into force on July 1st, I have been working with the board, first as a Governor and now as an Associate Non-Executive Director, to help integrate our care systems and the services our hospitals offer with those of the surrounding trusts. This integration allows us to assist Trusts that may need support in certain areas whilst seeking help in areas where we can improve.

Nicola Haywood-Cleverly

Non-Executive Director

Nicola brings to the Trust a wealth of experience from implementing large-scale, complex change, often digitally enabled, to deliver improvements and transformation across a breath of public sector organisations. With a background in engineering, Nicola is a respected digital leader and has worked as a Chief Digital and Information Officer in the NHS and policing. She is known for her passionate advocacy of good digital design and usability, for being an innovative problem solver, and her application of whole system thinking to the use of data and artificial intelligence. Having also been a university governor, school governing body chair and deputy chair of a national technology council, Nicola has board level expertise in strategy development, change governance, performance oversight, resourcing and investment, risk and assurance. She balances her public appointments, which include being on the Board at South Lakes Housing and other NHS Trusts, with her work as strategy and policy advisor to the health tech industry. Nicola has a lifelong relationship with the region, is neurodiverse and has lived experience of being a carer and one parent families. She will seek to assure the diverse needs of local communities are met, that people receive the best quality care wherever they chose to access this, that health inequalities are met and the most vulnerable in society are protected. Nicola is married with three grown-up sons, one of whom is a doctor working in pre-admission emergency medicine, and is happiest outdoors walking with her dogs.

Sarah Rees

Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair

Sarah is Head of Stakeholder Relations at Lancaster University, leading the development and delivery of stakeholder engagement activity, with a particular focus on civic and community engagement. She facilitates relationship building with a range of organisations locally, regionally and nationally, building understanding and making connections between partners and the University, for mutual benefit. Sarah is the University lead for the Public and Community Engagement perspective of the national Knowledge Exchange Framework and the Civic University Network, to which Lancaster is a signatory. Sarah was the University's Appointed Governor on the Council of Governors of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust from 2018-2021, before joining the Board as Non-Executive Director in September 2021. She served as Chair of the System Design Authority for Bay Health & Care Partners from 2021-2023.

Tony Oakman

Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair

Tony has forty years of public service. Having acquired a degree and post graduate degree at Lancaster University, he qualified as a social worker. He has over 22 years of Corporate Board experience and has operated in some of the most challenging urban areas of the country, both in local Government and the NHS. Previously he was Chief Executive of Bolton Council where he led the Transformation strategy of the Council and development of a place-based Vision for Bolton - 'Active Connected and Prosperous'. A more inclusive and creative approach with partners developed an innovative integrated care model with the local acute trust, strong third sector developments and economic regeneration including the Medical Science School Bolton. With a focus for improvement under his tenure Bolton Children services were assessed as Good and Criminal Justice Services Good with Outstanding features. As a person he is characterised by his motivation, energy and authentic approach matched with his passion to work and make a positive difference with teams of similar type people.