Our Governing Body

The Governing Body is the accountable body of the CCG and is held to account for the CCG’s performance. To ensure clinical leadership, the majority of our Governing Body members are clinical professionals. Our Governing Body also includes two lay members who ensure that the views of the community are represented and provide independent judgement.

Our Governing Body sets our strategy and direction, as well as ensuring that the CCG is delivering its statutory duties and ambitions for the health and care of everyone who lives in the area.

You can download the latest register of interests of our Governing Body members below:

• Governing Body - Register of Interests
  

Our Governing Body meets in public every other month. everyone is very welcome to attend. Details of these meetings are available here.

Governing Body Members:
Dr Kashif Siddiqui Chair	Cathy Gritzner Interim Accountable Officer
Katrina Leighton Interim Chief Finance Officer	Dr Sunil Gupta GP representative
Simon Williams  Director of Partnerships and Integration	Tricia D'Orsi Chief Nurse
Dr Mike Saad GP representative	Dr Rachel Liebmann Secondary care representative
Dr Mohammed Rizwan Khan GP representative	Dr Roger Gardiner GP representative
Dr Mark Metcalfe GP representative	Dr Biju Kuriakose GP representative
Pauline Stratford Lay Member (Patient & Public Engagement)	Peter Murphy Lay Member (Governance)
Janis Gibson Lay member (Patient & Public Engagement)	Nick Spenceley Lay member (Governance and Risk)
Dr Sami Ozturk GP representative	John Spicer  Director of Primary Care &   Operations

Non-voting members of the Governing Body

Dr Danny Showell, Public Health Representative
Helen Taylor, Essex County Council Representative
Steve Doherty, Practice Manager Representative


Patient Representative

Sam Glover, Chair of Commissioning Reference Group