Board

Subject to the Health and Social Care Bill, Principia Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group will be governed by a Board where patients are in the majority, demonstrating true commitment to public and patient involvement.

Biographies

Sheila Hyde

Sheila Hyde was the Managing Director of Spirita Housing Association until 2011, which included the former Rushcliffe Homes, and she was Chief Executive of Rushcliffe Homes before that. Prior to the transfer of the Rushcliffe housing stock she was the Head of Housing at Rushcliffe Borough Council. She has lived in Rushcliffe for over 23 years and is married with two grown up children. Sheila brings an in depth understanding of the needs and issues relevant to Rushcliffe and a strong track record of working in partnership to achieve the best outcomes locally.

Clive Rix

Clive is a freelance Business Adviser, in the fields of strategic planning, marketing and regulation.  He is also a visiting lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Leicester, where he teaches the practical applications of mathematics in business and industry, and works on employer engagement.  He was Chief Business Adviser to the UK Competition Commission until 2002.  Prior to that, he was Head of Marketing Operations for British Coal, leaving after privatisation in 1996.
He has had non executive links with the NHS locally since he moved to Rushcliffe in 1996, having been an Independent Lay Chair on Complaints panels until 2004, a Director of Rushcliffe Primary Care Trust from 2005 to 2006, and Chair of Principia, Partners in Health from 2006 to 2012.
He is Treasurer of Nottingham Credit Union, having previously been Chair, Chair of the East Midlands Credit Union forum and a Director of ABCUL, the national trade body for credit unions.  He is a Governor and member of the Audit Committee at South Nottingham College, having been Chair of Castle College, Nottingham prior to the merger between the two colleges. He holds a first class honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Bristol in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics. 

Ian Blair

Until retirement, Ian was City Treasurer of Nottingham City Council for 10 years and prior to that held a similar role in Bath and senior finance posts in the NHS. He has a wide experience of the management of public finances both in the UK and abroad. Since retirement, he has carried out a variety of projects ranging from the improvement of financial performance in public bodies to a major study assessing the cost effectiveness of a significant Government policy initiative on the co-ordination of services to the "over 50s". He is a Senior Research Associate with Warwick University Business School. He has lived in Rushcliffe for over 20 years and is a widower with two grown up children.

Ann Greenwood

Ann is a graduate of Nottingham University with a joint honours degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry. After leaving university, Ann qualified as a chartered accountant with the Nottingham Office of Binder Hamlyn. She went on to work as group financial accountant for part of the Great Universal Stores Group before setting up her own Chartered Accountancy practice. For the last 23 years she has been Financial Director of Campbell Scientific Ltd, the European Headquarters of a US owned Electronics Group specialising in data logging systems and scientific monitoring equipment. In addition, for twelve years up to July 2011 she was a lay member of council for The University of Nottingham, sitting on a number of committees including finance and audit, latterly becoming chair of the audit committee.
She lives in Rushcliffe and is married with one son