Stephen Jackson

Stephen is a qualified accountant with substantial knowledge of both the public and private sectors. He has significant and varied board-level experience in executive and non-executive roles, working in complex business, legal and statutory environments.

After qualifying as an accountant, Stephen joined Bass plc and held several senior financial roles in the company’s headquarters and hotel subsidiaries.

He has since held a wide range of senior roles, including five years in Hong Kong as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Development and IT for Holiday Inn Asia Pacific. He has also held senior financial roles in Belgium, Germany, South Africa, Spain and the USA.

In 2003, Stephen joined Nottingham Trent University (NTU), where he held the post of Chief Financial and Operations Officer with overall responsibility for Finance, Estates, Commercial Development, Legal, Registry, IT and Governance Services. He was also appointed as a member of the Board of Governors and the Academic Board. Stephen left NTU in 2016 and joined Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Non-Executive Director. He went on to become Vice Chair at Nottinghamshire Healthcare and to chair the Audit and Risk Committee.

Stephen also acts as a Non-Executive Director or Governor with the following local organisations:

• Non-Executive Director at Futures Housing Group;

·       Non-Executive Director at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust;

• Chair of the Nottingham Business Improvement District;
• Governor / Trustee at Nottingham High School;
• Governor / Trustee at Portland College.

Outside of work, Stephen is a keen participant and spectator of sports of all kinds and has a passionate interest in environmental issues. Stephen chairs the ICB’s Joint Finance Committee.