Stan Baldwin
Non-Executive Director
Term: 4 years
Appointed to the Trust Board in 2003,
Stan has extensive public sector
experience which includes 8 years
developing community services in the
City of Birmingham. He is the former Chief Executive of
Wyre Forest District Council and currently provides
public sector consultancy.
Interests: Self-employed consultant.
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Professor Peter Marquis
Chairman
Term: 4 years
An experienced scientist with
extensive managerial skills, Professor
Peter Marquis has been the Chairman
of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS
Foundation Trust since September 2007 and prior to
this appointment, Peter was a Non-Executive Director
and Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee at
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust for a
period of 4 years.
Peter is the Chairman of CPD-HQ Ltd; a University E-
learning company and up until October 2008, he was
Dean of Health & Life Sciences and a member of the
University Strategic Management Committee. From
1989 to 1999, Peter was a Governor of Solihull College.
Peter holds a BSc (Hons) degree, a PhD and he is a
fellow of the Institute of Materials, Mining and Metallurgy
(FIMM). His engagement with the community and
service users includes 8 years as the President of Fox
Hollies Swimming Club, from 1991-1999; and the
Chairman of Sharmans Cross Primary School Parent
Teacher Association from 1987-1991.
Interests: Chairman, CPD HQ Limited.
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Sukhbinder Singh Heer
Non-Executive Director
Term: 4 years
Sukhbinder is the founder and
Executive Chairman of IC2 Capital, a
private equity fund. He previously held
the position of Managing Partner of
RSM Robson Rhodes and has extensive experience in
financially managing, growing and aligning organisations
to meet and exceed stakeholders' expectations.
Interests: Nil to declare.
Stella Layton
Non-Executive Director
Term: 4 years
Stella is the current European
president of Cookson Precious Metals,
responsible for all European
operations, with a turnover of £200m
per year.
Interests: Nil to declare.
David Boden
Non-Executive Director
Term: 4 years
David is a property investor and former
deputy director of Solihull Samaritans.
He was appointed to the Board in
2006 after serving as chairman of the
Trust's Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Forum.
Interests: Chief Executive W Boden & Co Ltd.
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Sue Turner
Chief Executive
Prior to her appointment as Chief
Executive in 2003, Sue held the
position of Chief Executive at the
then, South Birmingham Mental
Health NHS Trust.
Sue has also held the post of Deputy Chief Executive of
the Riverside Mental Health Trust and was the former
Chair of the Hamlet Trust; a charitable organisation
working in Central and Eastern Europe.
Having worked in the NHS for over 27 years, Sue's
background includes a number of senior managerial
roles which involved her leading and supporting
reconfiguration and remodelling of acute health services
in inner London teaching hospitals. Sue has also held
managerial positions at the Lewisham and North
Southwark Health Authority (Guys, New Cross, and
Lewisham) and the Riverside Health Authority
(St Stephen's, Charing Cross, Westminster).
In addition, Sue has carried out a wide range of
commercial and public sector projects. She led and
achieved successful implementation and bedding down
of 4 multi million pound investment programmes; these
were: secure services in West London, women's Secure
Services, CAMHS Secure Services and general acute
mental health; all of which were in Birmingham.
Sue, who holds a BSc and an MSc, is a member of the
British Psychological Society and is consistently involved
in a range of service user, family and community
involvement activities.
Interests: Nil to declare.