New Chairs and Non Executive Directors

New Chairs and Non Executive Directors  

It is anticipated, like other newly appointed board leaders, that you will access the resources of the themes on the landing page for non specific role resources

The skills and perspectives of Chairs and NEDs are very different to their executive colleagues. The role of the non-executive director centres on influencing, triangulating data and intelligence and posing constructive challenge to ensure that decisions are robust and patient centred.

As a Chair or a non-executive director of an NHS organisation or Integrated Care Board, you bring a huge range of expertise to the board you have joined. Balancing the system and operational focus of the CEO and executive directors; chairs and non-executive directors bring an external perspective, creating a very different dynamic and offering a unique perspective towards, corporate governance, risk management and succession planning, population health, amongst other areas.