Membership council

NHS foundation trusts are public benefit corporations and have a governance structure that must include members, a membership council (or council of governors) and a board of directors. Our membership comprises patients, staff and members of the public that live in the communities in which we provide services.

The membership council is made up of elected and appointed/nominated governors. Elected governors are either:

Public governors, elected by members of the public constituency
Patient governors, elected by members of the patient constituency
Staff governors, elected by the staff body

Appointed/nominated governors represent stakeholder organisations, all of which are specified in the constitution. Our current named stakeholder organisations are:

Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
London Borough of Islington
College of Optometrists
University College London (UCL)

A guide to the statutory roles of governors can be found under 'related documents' on the right hand side of the page.

Elected governors

Richard Edward Collins North East London & Essex constituency
Robert Jones Patient constituency
Emily Brothers Patient governor
Andrew Clark Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire public constituency
John Sloper Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire public constituency
John Russell North East London and Essex public constituency
Marcy Ferrer Patient constituency
Paul Murphy North Central London public constituency
Jeremy Whelan North Central London public constituency
Robert Goldstein North West London public constituency
Vijay Arora North West London public constituency
Allan MacCarthy South East London public constituency
Suryanarayana Naga Subramanian South East London public constituency
Kimberley Jackson South West London public constituency
Emmanuel Zuridis South West London public constituency
Robin Ifi Staff networks governor
Anup Shah Staff network sites
Joy Sherifah Adesanya Staff constituency: City Road
Vijay Tailor Staff constituency: City Road