Vicky joined Newcastle Hospitals in September 2019 as executive director for business, development and enterprise. She is responsible for the development of the commercial enterprise team, which seeks to maximise the organisation’s ability to deliver non-NHS revenues which can be reinvested back into patient care.
Business planning, strategy management, service development, performance and contracting are also within her remit, and she is the executive sponsor for sustainable healthcare and climate change.
Vicky has a PhD in molecular ecology and a BSc in biology. Before joining Newcastle Hospitals, she spent 17 years working for Leica Biosystems (a Danaher company) in the field of cancer diagnostics, as director for research and development.
