Appointed as interim Chief Executive, November 2020
Appointed as substantive Chief Executive, November 2021
Karen James OBE is the Chief Executive of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, and has also been Chief Executive of Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust since 2014.
Having started her career as a Registered Nurse, she has held a number of executive leadership roles in large acute tertiary providers. Karen has significant experience in managing large scale change across complex economies and has been successful in the delivery of improvements in organisational performance.