Born in Alabama, USA, Reneé is passionate and fully committed to working with patients, team colleagues and partners across the system and community to continue to build compassionate leadership driven through our People Plan, values and behaviours and building consistency of equality, diversity and inclusion for all.
Having started her HR and Operations career in the private sector, Reneé supported banks and blue-chip retail organisations across 32 countries to build improvement and learning cultures and environments. She found her true calling in healthcare and worked across local government organisations and then joined the NHS 15 years ago. She has worked across many different NHS settings including Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, London and more recently national focus including mental health trusts, community trusts and commissioning services.
Reneé has also supported the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1 billion healthcare fund which has helped grow and develop more than 30 hospitals and diagnostic centres across Nigeria, Kenya, India and Pakistan.