Our Board

Page last updated: 26 June 2025

Our Board is our senior decision-making body and is made up of our chair, chief executive, chief inspectors and our executive and non-executive directors.

The Board:

Board members

Kay Boycott, Alex Kafetz, Michael Mire, Ruth Owen, Melanie Williams and Richard Barker have been appointed to the CQC Board and joined on 16 June. You can read the news story about their appointments: New CQC Board confirmed.

Independent members

Although not members of our Board, the independent members are members of the Board’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.

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Our Board meetings

Our Board meets throughout the year.

You can find out about these meetings, watch them online and download papers on our Board meetings page.

Our Executive Team

You can also read the biographies of Our Executive Team.