The Board of Trustees at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Corporate Trustee of Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity

The Board of Trustees at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust are responsible for providing governance and leadership and act as Corporate Trustee of the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity.  A special committee, called the Charitable Funds Committee, meets monthly to consider plans for the charity, ensure good governance is implemented and that expenditure complies with charity standards. This committee is chaired by a Non-Executive Director and membership is made up of Board Directors and Non Executive Directors from the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust together with others in attendance including the Associate Director of Charity, Charitable Funds Accountant and Head of Fundraising. 

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Mandy Jordan, Associate Director of Charity

Mandy joined the charity as Head of Fundraising in 2016, after playing a key role in developing the £4.7m Woolverstone Macmillan Centre at Ipswich Hospital in her previous role, as area fundraising manager for Macmillan Cancer Support. Mandy became the Associate Director of both the Charity and Voluntary Services in March 2020 and is responsible for creating a high performing charitable organisation that continues to push the boundaries of possibility. Mandy is also Chair of NHS Charities Together, East Anglia Region.

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Graeme Potts, Charitable Funds Accountant

Graeme has worked in NHS finance for 22 years.  Starting as a finance trainee for a shared service agency, working in the sales ledger, purchase ledger and financial accounts.  From there he became a financial accountant, with responsibilities including managing the charitable funds accounts for a mental health Trust.

Graeme joined the management accounts team at Colchester Hospital before becoming the Charitable Funds Accountant for Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity in 2020.

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