Stacey Hunter

Stacey is an experienced NHS board director with over 38 years’ experience working in the NHS, including a decade in chief operating officer, divisional director and executive system transformation roles, and over five years’ experience as a chief executive officer. She has worked in large-scale teaching hospitals and an integrated acute and community trust, and is passionate about reducing the inequalities patients experience in access to, experience of, and outcomes from care.

A nurse by background, Stacey spent several years in clinical leadership roles before expanding her experience in general management. She has invested in her leadership development, having undertaken the NHS Leadership Academy Aspiring CEO programme. Having held two chief executive officer roles to date, she is passionate about using her experience and knowledge to improve health services for the population she serves.

Stacey has also served as a trustee for a number of charities over the past 20 years, most of them related to health and care. At the NHS Confederation, Stacey is a member of our Acute Network advisory board. She has also appeared on our Health on the Line podcast.

For over three years, Stacey was chief executive officer at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. She is now group chief executive officer for University Hospitals Tees. Stacey has been instrumental in the collaboration of two health trusts, bringing them together under a group model structure and supporting the closer integration of health services across the Tees Valley and surrounding areas.

Outside of work, Stacey enjoys sailing and spending time with her dogs!