New governors announced for 2024

We are pleased to announce the outcome of our recent Governor elections with new Governor terms commencing on 5 January 2024.

Our Governors play a crucial role in the governance of the Foundation Trust, helping us to be accountable to our members, the public, staff and partners. Our Governors have a number of important roles including representing their constituencies, appointing our Chair and Non-Executive Directors and holding our Non-Executive Directors to account.

A number of candidates were elected unopposed:

Karen Tanriverdi

Central Gateshead

Karen Tanriverdi, who was re-elected for a third 3-year term

Michael Loome

Central Gateshead

Michael Loome, who will be commencing his first 3 year term

Helen Adams

Staff

Helen Adams, who was re-elected for a second 3-year term

Lynsey Curry

Staff

Lynsey Currey, who was re-elected for a second 3-year term

Adaeze Okereke

Staff

Adaeze Okereke, who will be commencing her first 3-year term

Contested elections were held for our Patient / Out of Area and Western Gateshead constituencies. The voting opened on 18 October 2023 and closed on 13 November 2023. The official voting report from Civica, the independent election company, can be downloaded here:

Report of Voting Gateshead Health – 14 November 2023 (203kB pdf)

The following candidates were also elected.

Agatha Kanyangu

Patient / Out of Area

Agatha Kanyangu, who was re-elected for her second 3-year term

John Bewley

Western Gateshead

John Bewley, who will be commencing his first 3-year term

Dr Lakkur Murthy

Western Gateshead

Dr Lakkur Murthy, who will be commencing his first 3-year term

We are delighted to welcome our new and returning Governors to the Council and sincerely thank all candidates who stood for election.

We would also like to record our thanks to those Governors who left the Council for their commitment and support.

You can find out more about our Council of Governors and the work that they do Governors – QE Gateshead