Kath joined Newcastle Hospitals as a non-executive director in December 2015 and has had an extensive career as a nurse, midwife and educationalist in the UK and overseas.
Kath was formerly a pro-chancellor and executive dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University.
During her career Kath has been nominated, elected and represented her employer and the nursing profession in a variety of regional, national and international settings.
She has significant board level experience through chairing committees and groups and has been an advisory consultant to a number of overseas governments and organisations including the World Health Organisation and is presently president of the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation.
Kath is an honorary colonel, 201 Field Hospital – Newcastle upon Tyne, Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and received the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2012, for services to nursing.
