Who We Are
Board of Trustees
Dr Robert Angus
Chairman
Robert is a Consultant Physician at University Hospital Aintree specialising in Respiratory Disease. He has a range of expertise but has a particular interest in Asthma Management and champions this within the North West of England.
Robert is passionate about respiratory care and improving outcomes for respiratory patients. He has been instrumental in numerous respiratory services being developed including for example, ACTRITE, an early supported discharge scheme and the NIV unit within the hospital.
He has been involved in the development and review of various guidelines to support practice both nationally and internationally.
Chris Rowles
Deputy Chairman
Chris comes to Education for Health from a 25 year background within learning solutions, and is now owner and director of Learn to Change Ltd, a people and organisational development company specialising in safety and health leadership, leadership and change, and team collaboration.
He began his career as a Royal Marine Commando, studied exercise science as a mature student then worked for the British Transport Police as their national training manager. More recently Chris has been Director Learning Solutions for a training and development organisation with charitable status, this role included international assignments, management of a team of learning professionals and a position on the management team.
He is an active cyclist, skier and runner, married with two children and lives in Warwickshire.
Aileen Muir
Board Member
Aileen established her strategic communications expertise across a range of settings, from academic publishing, arts capital developments and culture & broadcasting through to health, research and social services.
Aileen recently completed a 4-year contract with British Thoracic Society as its ‘Respiratory Futures’ Programme Director, a unique networking and knowledge-sharing platform for UK health professionals which has just been adopted formally by NHS England to help promote integrated care. Her current client portfolio also covers the arts & culture, adult education, advice & information services and social housing.
Aileen has also worked at a national level in the arts and broadcasting, applying her knowledge of income generation, development and policy relations to broker new partnerships and extend business opportunities.
Mike Attwood
Board Member
Mike has spent over 25 years as an NHS leader. He took on the leadership of the Total Place Programme for Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire in December 2009 and from there was asked to lead the wider collaborative ‘better for less’ transformation programme across 15 public sector organisations on the patch.
Mike joined Coventry Primary Care Trust (PCT) as joint chief executive in June 2005 and was previously chief executive at Slough Teaching PCT from 2001 to 2005. At Coventry PCT, Mike took the organisation through financial turnaround and worked closely with Coventry City Council to establish a newly-funded, innovative Health Improvement Partnership, as well as agreement on plans for a major city centre health facility.
Mike is a leadership coach and public service organisational development consultant. Mike was a trustee of Sue Ryder from 2011 to 2019.
Dr Cathy Winfield
Board Member
Cathy graduated from Manchester University with a nursing degree and spent most of her nursing career in primary care. She went on to manage community services, eventually becoming Director of Nursing in a Community Trust.
When Primary Care Groups (PCGs) were established, Cathy became Chief Executive of a PCG. She also worked part time on a PhD during this period, examining clinical decision making. With the advent of Primary Care Trusts in 2002, Cathy moved into the commissioning function and was Director of Commissioning in PCTs in Hampshire and Berkshire, then Chief Officer for the Berkshire West CCGs In 2017, she became lead for the Berkshire West Integrated Care System.
Cathy took up her current role of Community and Primary Care Commissioning Director with NHSE in 2020 where she is working on expanding the workforce in primary care and liaising with Health Education England to ensure the right training, development and support is in place. She is also contributing to the development of Integrated Care Systems.
Cathy has two children and lives in Hampshire. She enjoys walking, reading and film.
Steve Landrey
Board Member
An accomplished business leader, Steve has a proven track record of creating value for business owners, investors and customers. A qualified accountant background enabled the early career foundation to become a general manager and ultimately a managing director, trusted leader and board level advisor in a FTSE100 company.
Steve supports owners, leaders and organisations in addressing their most critical and complex challenges and opportunities, bringing a people-centred approach to supporting clients with strategy development, customer capture, acquisitions/disposal, change management and leadership mentoring.
He draws on extensive experience across a wide range of business issues in multiple industries and geographies, including aviation, defence, engineering support services and automotive, as well as FMCG, property management and civil engineering – serving a customer base that included global corporates, private equity portfolio businesses, government and family-owned organisations.