David Armiger, Chief Executive – Bassetlaw District Council

Originally from Scunthorpe, David’s early career was in the steel industry where he trained as a metallurgist and also undertook a number of other roles such as a crane and train driver.  A move into Town Planning followed and David joined Bassetlaw District Council from Rushcliffe in 2007 as Head of Community Prosperity. He has also held the roles of Director of Regeneration, Housing and Neighbourhoods and Deputy Chief Executive.

As Chief Executive, David represents the Council as a Director on the board of its joint venture company, Bersahill and is a member of the Nottinghamshire Chief Officers forum.

In his spare time he likes to get out into the open air as much as possible either on his bike or in the garden.

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Victoria is the Locality Director for Bassetlaw Placed Based Partnership.

She is passionate about addressing the wider determinants of health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities.

By working with dedicated and talented colleagues at Place and ICB level, she hopes to play a role in galvanising our collective commitment to achieving improved health and wellbeing outcomes.

Victoria has a wealth of experience working in the health and wellbeing sector, most recently at Bassetlaw CCG where she was Deputy Chief Officer, and prior to that Executive Lead for Primary Care.

She is focused on working collaboratively to break down historic barriers to working together across health, care and voluntary sectors, to provide effective services that better enable the people of Nottinghamshire to live healthier, happier lives.

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Jane is the Chief Executive Officer for Healthwatch Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

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Sue is a governor for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a member of the Nottinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Board.

She is also Portfolio Holder for Health and Community Wellbeing on Bassetlaw District Council, as well as councillor for the Retford East Ward.

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Richard began his career as a student nurse, qualifying in 1985. He was appointed Deputy Chief Nurse at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in 2005, Deputy Chief Operating Officer in 2010 and then Chief Operating Officer in 2013. He held that position until joining us in October 2013 and became Chief Executive at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in January 2017.

Richard has a special interest in ways of ensuring that nurse staffing levels are safe, appropriate and provide high-quality patient care. He gained a MBA (Health and Social Services) in 1997 from Leeds University and the Nuffield Institute for Health and his dissertation was on acuity, patient dependency and safe staffing levels.

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Andria is the Chief Executive of Bassetlaw Community and Voluntary Service (BCVS), which works to challenge deprivation, health inequalities and social exclusion through supporting local residents and more than 600 voluntary and community groups across Bassetlaw and Bolsover.

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Dr Eric Kelly qualified in Leeds in 1994, where he initially undertook training in paediatrics, working in Leeds, Manchester, Harvard and London before deciding to enter General Practice.

Dr Kelly undertook GP training in Rotherham, working initially in Doncaster where he developed an interest in commissioning.

Whilst in Doncaster he was involved in local, regional and national initiatives to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Dr Kelly moved to Bassetlaw in August 2015 and joined the Bassetlaw CCG Governing Body in November 2016.

He is the Clinical Lead for Bassetlaw Place.

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Dr John Brewin has been a consultant psychiatrist for 25years. Prior to joining Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, he was CEO at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) their Medical Director for three years prior to this. John previously worked for Nottinghamshire Healthcare in a variety of senior clinical roles between 1995-2011 and he also trained in Nottingham.  John has an extensive career history of leadership and managerial roles, with experience as an associate medical director and clinical director before he joined LPFT.

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Dr Nanthakumar Vaithilingam, known as “Kumar”, works at Village Surgery, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop. Dr Kumar graduated from India and completed surgical and GP training in UK. He has special interest in substance misuse management and caring of vulnerable people.

Jonathan has worked in public health in Nottinghamshire since 2009

Jonathan took up the role of Director of Public Health for Nottinghamshire County Council in 2018.   Prior to his specialist training in public health and epidemiological research, Jonathan spent time in IT, finance and procurement roles for companies in the Boots group and other blue chips.

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Sally is Chief Executive of North Notts BID, the UKs first ever area-wide business improvement district covering the whole district of Bassetlaw and the second largest BID in the UK.

Sally was responsible for introducing and developing the BID whilst in her previous role as North Notts Place Manager.  North Notts BID commenced trading in September 2017 following an independent democratic ballot where the BID was voted in for its first five-year term.  A second successful ballot took place in June 2022, with the BID commencing it’s second term in September 2022.

Sally has experience, skills and qualifications gained within a marketing, place management and economic development environment.  Experience has been gained in both the private and public sectors and she has worked both for, and with the media.  Sally is also a member of the North Notts Skills Board.