Membership of the GRA Committee

Stephen's executive career was spent in the health sector where he has been chief executive of Cambridge & Huntingdon Health Authority, The NHS Confederation and The Health Foundation. His health sector non-executive roles have included The Healthcare Commission; Monitor (the independent regulator for NHS foundation trusts); the Eastern Academic Health Science Network; The Pathology Partnership; and the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

He also chaired the National Institute for Health Research's Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for the East of England. He has been a Member of the Board of Overseers for the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Development, Duke University, North Carolina, USA; a Member of the Governing Council of the International Hospital Federation; and a Lay Adviser on the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy.

He has also been a Member of the Governing Council of the Open University.

He is presently Chair of Cambridge City Food Bank.

He was, until recently, a volunteer generalist adviser at Cambridge and District Citizens' Advice Bureau and is an Elder of Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge

 

Jeff Chapman KC was called to the Bar in 1989 and took silk in 2010.  He specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration; especially in matters involving civil fraud, financial services and regulation (including sanctions) and banking.  Jeff is a member of the Commercial Bar Association, the Chancery Bar Association, JUSTICE and Fountain Court Chambers.  He was first appointed to the Complaints Committee of the BSB in 2007 and was a Barrister Vice-Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee of the BSB from 2015 to 2019.
 

Stephen was previously a senior civil servant, working in the Department for Work and Pensions (and its predecessors), Cabinet Office (as Chief Executive of the Civil Service College) and the Department for Transport. He led teams responsible for policy development and legislation, finance, strategic planning and operational delivery. His career also included spells working in Ministerial private offices and secondment in the private sector.

His current and recent roles are in the fields of health, transport and the voluntary sector.  He is Chair of Healthwatch Wandsworth;  member of the Independent Transport Commission;  and Vice Chair of Merton Community Transport.  He is a former Vice Chair and Audit Chair of NHS Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group, former Chair of St George's Hospital Charity, former Chair of the Community Transport Association (UK);  and an occasional consultant on charity governance.

Kathryn is a risk management professional, with a background in financial services. During her lengthy career, she has worked for major commercial banks, including JP Morgan Chase and NatWest, and a rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service. She also founded and managed a consulting company, The Paradigm Alliance. Kathryn is currently a Trustee and the Chair, Audit & Risk Committee, of the William Harvey Research Foundation, and a member of the Risk Coalition. She has been a board member of several organisations, including Al Rayan Bank, newcleo and Planet Holdings Ltd. She has also chaired the audit and risk committees of a number of these and other organisations, including the Microbiology Society.

Andrew Mitchell KC was called to the Bar in 1992 and took silk in 2011. He specialises in commercial and civil litigation and arbitration. His practice is predominantly in the fields of banking, financial services, professional negligence, professional and financial regulation, and (re)insurance law, with a significant international element. He is a member of the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR), and also an accredited Mediator. He is a member of Fountain Court Chambers, and was formerly an experienced member of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Standards Board, on which he sat from 2010.  He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge and as an arbitrator at the London Court of International Arbitration.