Supported by an independent team, our influential leadership board works together across our five partners, utilising their local, national and international influence to expand the region’s capacity for health and care innovation, improved training and cross-sector research.
Chair: Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery
Board members:
- Professor Astrid Schloerscheidt, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University
- Mr Grant Macdonald, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Professor Gavin Screaton, Head of Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford
- Professor Gary Ford CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley
- Simon Crowther, Acting Chief Executive, Oxford University Hospitals (wef 1 October 2025)
- Dr Nick Broughton, Chief Executive, BOB ICB
- Professor Keith Channon, OAHP Director
The following attend all board meetings:
- Professor Richard Hobbs CBE, Director of the NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration
- Professor Helen McShane, Director of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
- Professor Paul Carding, Director of OxInMAHR, Oxford Brookes University
- Professor Rachel Upthegrove, Director, NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
- Dr Harriet Teare, OAHP Chief Operating Officer
- Megan Turmezei, OAHP Board Secretary and Senior Programme Manager
Professors Kam Bhui (University of Oxford) and Shivani Sharma (University of Aston) attend Board meetings in their roles as Co-Leads for the ARC2 bid with hoped for designation from 1 April 2026.
Former Chair to 31 March 2024: Professor Sir John Bell CH GBE, President of the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford and Global Co-CEO
Professor Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is currently on an 18 month secondment from 1 April 2025.