Kirsten Timmins
Chief Operating Officer
Kirsten Timmins joined the Trust in March 2024 as Chief Operating Officer.
Kirsten brings 20 years’ experience in performance management and improvement across the public sector.
She spent 13 years at the National Audit Office working with Parliament, The United Nations, Ministry of Defence, and International Development to influence policy, improve services, and increase transparency of government expenditure.
In 2016 she joined NHS England and Improvement working with Trust Boards and Executive Teams across South East England to improve leadership, governance and performance against the constitutional standards.
In 2021 she joined South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer where she has been instrumental in building relationships across the health and care system and with the Metropolitan Police Service.
Kirsten has a keen interest in travel, having visited nearly 100 countries across her personal and professional life.
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Page updated: 10 April 2024
Board of directors
- Jackie Smith, Chair
- James Lowell, Chief Executive Officer
- Tamara Everington, Chief Medical Officer
- Jane Dickson, Interim Chief Nursing Officer
- Maria Wheeler, Chief Finance Officer
- Paul Dillon-Robinson, Non-Executive Director
- Russell Hobby, Non-Executive Director
- Karen Norman, Non-Executive Director
- Peter O'Donnell, Non-Executive Director
- Shaun O'Leary, Non-Executive Director
- Kirsten Timmins, Chief Operating Officer
- Abigail Jago, Chief Strategy Officer (non-voting director)
- Helen Edmunds, Chief People Officer (non-voting director)
- Leonora May, Company Secretary
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