Deborah lives in Redbridge and joined the Trust in July 2023 as a Non-Executive Director.  

Deborah trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital, spending her clinical career in orthopaedic nursing before moving into nursing management.  She has been Director of Nursing at several NHS Trusts in London and subsequently became Deputy Regional Chief Nurse for NHS England South Region. More recently, Deborah moved back to a Director of Nursing post at the North Middlesex Hospital, before retiring from full-time work at the end of 2019.

Deborah is a Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholar and received the Chief Nursing Officer’s Gold Award for lifetime achievement in 2019. She is currently a Non-Executive Director at East London NHS FT and is also a Trustee of Revitalise Respite Holidays, a national charity.