Vice Chair

Chair of People & Culture Committee; Vice Chair Board of Directors Associated Hospital Managers, Member of Quality & Safety, Audit & Risk, Charitable Funds & Remuneration Committees & Attendee at Council of Governors.

Sultan joined the trust as a NED in April 2017. He worked for the Metropolitan Police for 33 years; his latest role was the Borough Commander of Barking and Dagenham. He was the Operational Commander of the Safer Transport Command and was responsible for the safe transport of the public, athletes and dignitaries during the Olympics. Sultan has a track record of delivering improved performance through partnerships and community engagement while increasing public confidence.

He has a number of years of experience as a board member at several strategic partnership boards such as the Health and Wellbeing, Community Safety, and Local Strategic Partnership. Away from NELFT, Sultan is an active tennis coach and has an MBA and BSC (Hons).