Bill Shields

Executive Director of Finance

Bill has four decades of board level experience and was previously the Director of Finance across both Derby and Derbyshire, and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICBs. Prior to this, Bill was interim Chief Executive at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, appointed from his substantive post as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer at NHS Devon ICB.

Bill has previously held a range of Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer roles in the NHS, and overseas, as well as having served as Chair of the audit committee at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and President of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. At the latter Bill currently chairs its Financial Recovery Group.