Heather was appointed as Chair of the Board of SCCL on 1 November 2022.

Heather joined the Board of SCCL when it was established in September 2018 as a non-executive director and has worked in healthcare for over 30 years, initially training as a registered nurse.

Most recently, Heather was Chief Executive of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, retiring in March 2019 after 10 years in post. She has extensive clinical experience and has held a wide range of clinical leadership roles, including Chief Nurse at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Nurse Director of Lothian NHS Board. Heather has held a number of non-executive director roles over the last 10 years across a range of national organisations.

Heather was made Officer of the British Empire for services to Healthcare by the Queen in December 2001.

Heather was interim non-executive Chair of the Board of SCCL from 1 October 2021 to 31 October 2022.

Andrew joined SCCL as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in September 2021.

Prior to joining SCCL, Andrew was the Executive Director for Procurement and Supply Chain at JCB where he was responsible for the Supply Chain globally.  Andrew has also held senior roles at Magnox Ltd (now a subsidiary to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority) and Babcock International Group PLC and brings experience across Retail, Leisure, Engineering and Property sectors.

Andrew has extensive experience in business transformation programme leadership, total lifecycle cost management, customer and supplier engagement and deploying technology to optimise business operational performance.

He also holds a Masters in Business Administration and BSc in Chemical Physics from the University of Bristol.

Miranda is currently director of provider development at NHS England. Miranda joined Monitor in 2004 where she was responsible for the assessment of NHS foundation trust applications and reviewing NHS mergers and acquisitions. More recently she has taken responsibility for the provider transformation and provider policy teams within NHS England focusing on the development of the provider sector with systems to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan commitments.

A qualified chartered accountant, Miranda started her career at Deloitte working in the UK and Hong Kong. In 1997 she joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and spent four years in the transaction services department in London focusing on due diligence assignments. Her portfolio of financial experience is wide-ranging and includes mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and initial public offerings (IPOs).

Duncan Kendal joined NHS Supply Chain as a non-executive director in September 2023 following a corporate career in the private sector largely built around managing complex supply chains and business transformations in large retail and merchanting businesses. 

He has worked in both PLC and private equity backed businesses and has expertise in consumer-facing supply chain operations, digital transformations, customer fulfilment, digital commerce and large-scale change programmes. His career has included working for Kingfisher, Argos, Amazon, Wickes and the Wolseley Group.

Duncan is a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and holds a MSc in Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University. He is a passionate follower of Norwich City Football Club and the England cricket team and is married with two children. 

Rommel is a highly experienced finance director with a career spanning more than 40 years including as finance director at the Bank of England.

He currently holds non-executive director roles at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, The Riverside Group and The National Archives and he also chairs their audit committees.

Rommel is also a member of the North East London Audit Chairs Group and South West London Finance NEDs’ Group, providing guidance and oversight to the formulation of these regional NHS Integrated Care Systems.

Mark Swyny has 30 years of leadership experience across the financial services sector including in business transformation and change management.

He has held various leadership roles in the Lloyds Banking Group including recently as supply chain director. He is currently a non-executive director of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and The Kemnal Academy Trust (45 schools across south and east England).

Patrick is a Chartered Management Accountant and has experience across multiple sectors, most recently in executive leadership positions in public, private equity and charitable healthcare environments. After qualifying in a manufacturing environment he worked in Distribution and Logistics, before moving in to Retail and joining the Home Retail Group where he was involved in a substantial transformation programme and then large scale off-shore sourcing and supply of product. Patrick moved into Healthcare joining Circle Health where they successfully scaled and listed the business following which he worked in the NHS on the Provider side at Hinchingbrooke Hospital and West Hertfordshire Hospitals, and on the Commissioning side mainly in Staffordshire and Lincolnshire. Patrick joined NHS Supply Chain from King Edward VII’s Hospital where he was Finance and Commercial Director. 

Patrick has expertise at engaging and developing teams to grow and develop businesses from SME and Private Equity backed businesses to larger scale, public and charitable enterprises. He has expertise in scaling businesses through organic and acquisitive growth, integrating new businesses and workstreams as well as setting up strategic partnerships and joint ventures. He has led transformation programmes as well as systems development and implementation.

Sheila has over 30 years of leadership experience in executive and board positions across top tier organizations including Deloitte, Norton Rose Fulbright, BP, Royal Mail, IBM, and Deutsche Bank. She specialises in delivering transformational change through the application of innovative digital solutions. Notably, she has adeptly overseen international teams, steered multifaceted change initiatives and seamlessly integrated diverse technological platforms to facilitate successful mergers and acquisitions. 

Having consulted in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia for the Financial Services and Manufacturing sectors, Sheila’s impact extends beyond borders. She served as  a non-executive director on the board of Companies House, and presently, she continues her impactful role as a non-executive director at London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust, a position she has held since 2017.

Devyani brings a wealth of HR, AI, climate/sustainability and commercial experience and expertise, along with valuable private sector NED experience to NHS Supply Chain.

Devyani is a highly experienced Chief HR Officer, spending the first part of her career in large corporate businesses, including global HR leadership roles in FTSE companies such as Rolls Royce and a Group HR director role for the British Standards Institute (BSI), a profit for purpose business operating in multiple countries.

She currently holds non-executive positions at Norman Broadbent Plc and the UK audit board of Forvis Mazars, while recently concluding the successful exit of her AI venture. She is a Fellow at Chapter Zero, a not-for-profit organisation helping non-executive directors around climate issues and a board mentor with Criticaleye where she mentors CEOs and senior executives.