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:
- provides leadership and ensures we are successful and sustainable
- sets our strategy, purpose and values.
Board members
- Professor Sir Mike Richards, Chair
- Sir Julian Hartley, Chief Executive
- James Bullion, Interim Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care and Integrated Care
- Kay Boycott, non-executive director
- Prof David Croisdale-Appleby, non-executive director
- Alex Kafetz, non-executive director
- Michael Mire, non-executive director
- Ruth Owen OBE, non-executive director
- Melanie Williams, non-executive director
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.
- Adebola Adebayo, independent member: Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
- Simon Millhouse, independent member: 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.