09 December 2008
Kelvin Blake and Paul May both started three-year terms of
office on the Foundation Trusts board from November 2008.
Kelvin Blake is the Head of the Public Sector Relations team for
BT Global Services.
He is responsible for good working relations between BT and the
public sector customers throughout the UK.
He has previously led a number of major transformational change
programmes in partnership with public sector customers including
Liverpool City Council and the Ministry of Defence.
He served as a city councillor on Bristol City Council from 1997
to 2003, representing the Filwood ward. During that time he was
Chair of the Regeneration Committee. He is currently a trustee on
two charities - the Bristol-based Vassall Centre Trust, and
the Spinal Injuries Association. Both organisations are responsible
for the enhancement and progression of disabled peoples issues.
Kelvin is also a member of the Bristol Cultural Development
Partnership, which is responsible for encouraging new artistic and
cultural developments of national significance in Bristol.
Kelvin lives in South Bristol and, in his spare time, enjoys
music, skiing and spending time with his friends and family.
Kelvin says: The Trust is a great institution of vital
importance to the people of Bristol and further afield. I am
looking forward to playing my part in the improvement of health
care right across Bristol.
Paul May is a public sector strategic consultant who brings 30
years experience at the highest levels in local government and
further education. He was the Chief Executive of North Somerset
Council and Wansdyke District Council for nearly 20 years and he
was also the Executive Director of the Learning and Skills Council
in the West of England.
His projects as a consultant include working at a strategic
level for Govt Departments and he is the Chief Executive of the
Further Education bureaucracy reduction group. His work for the
Learning and Skills Council has included projects to review capital
projects arrangements, relations with the Core Cities and a review
of staffing arrangements in the South West.
He also took a lead role for the Sexual Assault Referral Centre
for Avon and Somerset, helping agencies to work more closely
together to improve the experience for victims of these crimes.
Paul lives in Clutton, Bristol.
Paul says: I am proud to have been asked to serve as a
non-executive director for the Trust. I admire enormously the
work of the Trust and feel I can bring a good mixture of experience
and passion for improvement to this role.
John Savage, Chairman of University Hospitals Bristol NHS
Foundation Trust, says: Im delighted to welcome Kelvin and
Paul. Paul has been appointed for his investment and
governance experience and customer focus expertise and Kelvin has
been appointed for his public focus, performance, quality and
change programmes experience. They will both make hugely
valuable contributions to the Trust and their range of experience
and knowledge will add greatly to the effectiveness of our
work.
The Trust manages eight city centre hospitals: Bristol Royal
Infirmary, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol Haematology & Oncology
Centre, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, St Michaels Hospital,
University of Bristol Dental Hospital, the Homeopathic Hospital and
Bristol General Hospital. It also manages the Central Health
Clinic.
