Picker welcomes four new appointments to its Board of Trustees
Picker is delighted to announce four new appointments to its Board of Trustees. Bunie Anyaegbunam, Graham Clarke, Kendall Jamieson Gilmore, and Natalie Joseph-Williams bring a wealth of experience from the private, public, and third sectors. Together with our existing team of expert trustees, they will help to set Picker’s direction and ensure oversight of the charity’s work.
Angela Coulter, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Picker, said:
“We are thrilled to welcome our four new trustees – Bunie, Graham, Kendall, and Natalie – to the Board. Each brings distinct insights and expertise, and they represent a range of backgrounds and skills – further strengthening our ability to champion person centred care at every level. Their shared dedication to our mission will be invaluable as we work together to guide Picker’s strategy and enhance our positive impact for patients, the public, and health and care staff.”
Chris Graham, CEO at Picker, said:
“Over the past 25 years, Picker has been at the forefront of championing person centred care as an independent charity in the UK. We have played a pivotal role in raising the profile of person centred care and giving patients a say in assessing the quality of care. But our work is far from done: people remain far too likely to experience care that fails to meet their individual needs. In the UK especially, lengthy and poorly managed waits have led to rising dissatisfaction.
As health and care services grapple with these challenges, including through the development of new long term plans, our role is to ensure that patients’ needs and perspectives remain firmly at the centre. Our newly appointed trustees will support this focus, bringing a diverse set of skills and expertise to contribute to our planning and governance. We are both privileged and grateful to be able to rely on the support of a first rate Board of Trustees and look forward to working together with them to deliver on Picker’s vision of the highest quality person centred care for all, always.”
The new Trustees are:
Bunie Anyaegbunam
Bunie Anyaegbunam is an accomplished growth and marketing leader with two decades of experience scaling consumer-facing technology platforms. His experience includes building marketplace models within the social care sector, where understanding and addressing workforce challenges was key to driving market penetration. He leverages advanced digital tactics and real-time AI insights to generate commercial value. Holding an LL.M (Hons) in Law and a Diploma in Data Analysis, he brings a strategic, analytical, and forward-thinking perspective to board governance.
Graham Clarke
Graham Clarke is currently the Deputy Chair of NHS Devon, Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly.
He has held several high-profile executive and non-executive positions including in his current role as a Non-Executive Member for the Department of Health & Social Care, and on its Audit and Risk Committee.
In previous roles, Graham was a Non Executive Director of NHS Health Research Authority, a Trustee of CLIC Sargent (now Young Lives vs Cancer) and MIND (the mental health charity). He was also Chair of HUC, providing “111” services to over six million people.
Graham has extensive experience of the pharmaceutical industry in a number of senior commercial roles including at GlaxoSmithKline, GE Healthcare and his own life sciences company.
Kendall Jamieson Gilmore
Kendall is a healthcare strategy, policy and advisory professional with senior experience in government, the NHS and social investment sectors, including applied research and advisory roles internationally.
As Associate Director of Strategy at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), he leads policy and strategy projects, public affairs, and NICE’s enhanced horizon scanning function. He is also working as Lead Advisor at the Department of Health and Social Care supporting development and delivery of the 10 Year Health Plan for England alongside other political priorities.
He is passionate about the role of the patient voice in shaping and delivering healthcare and earned his PhD focussed on the collection and use of Patient Reported Experience Measures and Patient Reported Outcome measures for value-based healthcare.
Natalie Joseph-Williams
Natalie is a Reader in Improving Patient Care at Cardiff University’s School of Medicine and Associate Director of the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre.
With 18 years experience of person centred care research, Natalie has a strong track record in publishing impactful findings that have informed national training programmes, NHS healthcare policy, NICE guidelines and international standards.
Natalie works closely with patients and the public to ensure they are partners in healthcare and in research.
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Notes for Editors
- Picker is an international charity working across health and social care. Established in the US in 1987 and UK in 2000, our work is at the forefront of understanding and furthering the link between patient experience, person centred care, and clinical excellence. We believe in high quality person centred care for all, always.
- The Picker Principles of Person Centred Care set out a framework for understanding what matters most to most people, and what constitutes high quality person centred care
- For further details about our Board and Team click here.
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