Partner Member, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Hannah is currently the acting CEO for Mid and South Essex Hospitals. She joined the NHS in 1997 as a General Management Trainee and her early career was spent in primary, community and commissioning organisations, before moving to the acute sector. After a career break travelling the world, she spent ten years in Director of Operations and Chief Operating Officer positions at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals, and at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSST).
In 2016, she took up the role of Director of Improvement at GSST where she led the development of the organisation’s transformation programme, continuous improvement approach and associated cultural change. Hannah graduated from the Aspiring CEO programme in 2017.