Rosie was appointed as Mersey Care's chair on 1 December 2022 and her three year term of office ends on 30 November 2025.
Before taking on her role at Mersey Care, Rosie had a long and successful career as an elected politician with extensive experience of the Health Sector. Alongside this, she worked for the Littlewoods Organisation, starting in the buying division and progressing through the company to eventually become Corporate Communications Manager for the Littlewoods Group.
As the daughter of deaf parents, Rosie’s career was shaped by her drive for equality in access to public services for all. First elected in 1973 as a Liverpool City Councillor, she remained on the council for 28 years and in 1992 was chosen to be the Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
In 2005, Rosie was elected as the Member of Parliament for West Lancashire, a position she successfully retained across four General Elections, until standing down after 17 years in 2022.
During her time as an elected politician, Rosie also held several high profile roles within the Health Sector and third sector, including being Vice Chair of Liverpool Health Authority and a trustee for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Between 1996 and 2005 she was Chair of Liverpool Women’s Hospital, which successfully gained Foundation Trust status during her tenure.
As a Parliamentarian, Rosie was an highly regarded and long standing member of the Health Select Committee, regularly working to gain assurance from NHS officials and Government Ministers on matters of Health Care Policy. Always a determined advocate for both patients and NHS frontline staff, she has been a significant force in gaining support for a number of independent enquiries into culture and care at a number of NHS organisations.
In her final year as an MP, Rosie successfully gained cross party support for her British Sign Language Bill (BSL), which received royal assent in April 2022, recognising BSL as a language in its own right.
Rosie chairs the Council of Governors, the Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee.
Marie was appointed on 1 September 2022 on a three year term, which ends on 31 August 2025.
Marie is a registered Mental Health Nurse, who has held a number of posts covering a wide range of roles throughout her 39 year career, including as an Honorary Lecturer, a Principle Officer for Mental Health with a local authority and a number of operational nurse management roles within inpatient, community, adult secure and adolescent mental health services. Marie has experience as a Named Nurse for safeguarding and has been a member of a number of Safeguarding Partnerships.
Marie retired in August 2022 as the Interim Executive Director of Nursing & Care at Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System and prior to that held a range of senior management roles at NHS England, including Director of Nursing (Cheshire & Mersey), Deputy Chief Nurse (North Region) and Head of Nursing (Greater Manchester & Lancashire). All these roles had a focus on quality, patient safety, nurse education, service transformation and training. Upon retirement Marie was awarded the Chief Nursing Officer’s Gold Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements throughout her nursing career.
Marie is the Chair of the Quality Committee, Interim Chair of the Commissioning and Partnership Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Qualifications: Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Diploma in Management Studies, Masters in Business Administration.
Iain was appointed on 21 November 2023 and his current term of office ends on 20 November 2026.
Iain is the inaugural W.H. Duncan Chair of Public Health Systems and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Liverpool, where he directs the new Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL) – running around £30million of research activity and associated strategic partnerships between the University, NHS, local government and industry partners.
He recently led world-first responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the world’s first evaluation of mass rapid antigen testing, risk-mitigated reopening of mass events for UK COVID-19 responses.
Iain is one of the world’s leading researchers at the interface of public health and data science and has 25 years of HealthTech experience, including raising £220million in research activity and has published more than 350 works, including software, and patents.
He also founded the UK’s first Civic Data Cooperative and previously founded Manchester’s health informatics research centre. He is qualified in pharmacology, medicine, public health, statistics and informatics and is a Fellow of American College of Medical Informatics, NIHR Senior Investigator, a recipient of the Faculty of Public Health Alwyn-Smith medal and the Royal Statistical Society Florence Nightingale Award.
Ian is a member of the Quality Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Pharmacology 1989 University of Liverpool; MBChB Medicine 1991 University of Liverpool; DPH Public Health 1998 University of Cambridge; MD Computational Statistics 2000 University of Liverpool; MFPHM Public Health 2002 Faculty of Public Health; FFPH Public Health 2006 Faculty of Public Health; FACMI Medical Informatics 2012; American College of Medical Informatics
Scott was appointed on 17 January 2022, having previously been appointed as a Board Advisor in January 2021. His current term of office ends on 16 January 2025.
Scott is currently a Senior Finance Consultant, with extensive experience across Retail, Leisure and Pharmaceuticals. He has a particular passion for data, and how it can be applied across different types of organisations to drive transformational change.
Scott has a particular passion for Data, and how it can be applied across different types of organisations to drive transformational change.
Scott chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Resources Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Qualifications: BA Economics, MSc International Economics, Qualified Accountant
Nicola was appointed on 24 November 2023 and her current term of office ends on 23 November 2026
She brings a wealth of expertise to the Trust from implementing large scale, complex change that is often digitally enabled to deliver improvements and innovation across the public sector. Nicola has a background in engineering and has been a Chief Digital and Information Officer in NHS hospitals, mental health and community trusts, integrated care systems and policing.
Nicola has also been a university governor, chair of an academy trust and deputy chair of the National Police Technology Council and is currently a board member at South Lakes Housing and Ongo Homes, and a NED and Chair of the Audit Committee at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT.
Alongside her commitments as a Non-Executive, she works as an advisor to the digital health care sector, including the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Neurodiverse, with lived experience of caring and one parent families, Nicola is a compassionate leader focussed on assuring the diverse needs of our communities are met. She promotes whole system thinking and the ethical use of data to address health inequalities and protect the most vulnerable in society.
Nicola is a member of the Resources, Commissioning and Partnership and Remuneration Committees.
Qualifications: BSc(Hons) Electroacoustic Engineering; MBA (Exec); Yale Public Health Cert.; Qualified International Health & Care CIO.
Deborah was appointed on 13 September 2024 and her current term of office ends on 12 December 2027.
Deborah is a highly experienced, respected leader with an outstanding track record of delivery in both Non-Executive and Executive roles across local and central Government and the private sector, focused on supporting communities, place making and property.
She is a naturally collaborative leader with the highest level of integrity. Skilled in partnership working, strategy development and delivering transformation, Deborah focussed on developing a high-performance culture underpinned by a strong focus on service users.
A former Director of Housing at Manchester City Council, Deborah has enjoyed an extensive career in housing and estates including Chief Executive of Manchester Place, Executive Director of the Homes and Communities Agency (now Homes England) and Managing Director of Building Design at Capita PLC.
Deborah is currently a Director of DMCL and Associates Ltd, a property advisory consultancy supporting local authorities, housing associations, developers and funders, a Non-Executive board member of Forhousing and was Property and Regeneration Commissioner at Liverpool City Council from June 2021 until June 2024
Deborah is a member of the Audit, Resources and Remuneration Committees.
Qualifications: BA Hons Social Science, Manchester Metropolitan University 1985, MSC Information Management, Manchester Metropolitan University 1997.
A registered physiotherapist with 40 years of experience in the NHS. Liz held a number of roles as a clinician, manager and a clinical leader. This provided her with a comprehensive understanding of the complex services and changes within social and health care.
Liz retired in April 2023 as Director of Allied Health Professions at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a role similar to her previous jobs in having a focus on quality, good patient outcomes, staff experience, productivity and efficiency.
Member of the Quality and People Committee.
Qualifications: Chartered Physiotherapist.
Maureen was appointed on 21 November 2023 and her current term of office ends on 20 November 2026.
Maureen is an organisational, culture and people change expert having led significant transformation programmes for many Public Sector, leading UK and Global organisations such as Marks & Spencer Financial Services, Vodafone, BAE Systems and Westminster City Council.
Formerly Head of People Change at DWP Digital supporting major people transformation, enabling them to deliver critical systems and services through its people, Maureenj is also an appointed Non Executive Director at Bright Futures Educational Trust and a Lay Council Member at Lancaster University.
Maureen is the chair of the People Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Qualifications: Post Graduate Diploma Business & Commercial Law, BA Hons Psychology & Philosophy at the University of Lancaster.