Non Executive Whistleblowing Champion
Kirstie joined the Board as the Non-Executive Whistleblowing Champion in April 2021. She has a professional background in International Investment Banking and has worked in the UK and USA. She holds an Executive MBA from the University of Nottingham, where she specialised in Corporate Social Responsibility; she undertook studies in Ethics, Governance and Risk in private and public sector organisations and a management project on the effectiveness of Whistleblowing arrangements in NHS England. Kirstie has worked in one of England’s largest acute hospital trusts as their first ‘Freedom to Speak Up Guardian’, working with the Board and staff to implement national Whistleblowing guidelines aimed at creating an open, supportive and responsive culture.