The Council

Mark Addison (Chair)

Mark joins the NMC from his role as a non-executive Director at the National Archives and has previously held several senior positions in the civil service, many with an operational focus, as well as roles at No10 and the Cabinet Office.

After leaving the civil service, Mark held a range of non-executive director posts, leading on a number of reviews and investigations, including assessing the capability of senior management teams in government and helping them strengthen and improve their performance.

Professor Judith Ellis MBE

Judith is Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University. She is a member of the previous NMC Council, and was Interim Chair of the NMC between April and September 2012. 

She was Executive Director of Nursing, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, from 2002 to 2010.

Maureen Morgan OBE

Maureen is Senior Fellow in Clinical Leadership at Keele University. Before this, she was Professional Officer for Policy and Practice in the Chief Nursing Officer team at the Department of Health.

A nurse and health visitor, Maureen held a number of management and executive positions in the NHS, and was awarded an OBE in 2012.

Nicki Patterson

Nicki has held a wide range of clinical and managerial nursing posts within the Health Service in Northern Ireland since qualifying as a nurse in 1987. She has also worked as part of the Chief Nursing Officer team at the NI Department of Health and Social Services.

In 2007, Nicki was appointed to the Co-Director for Nursing Workforce and Development post in the Belfast Trust, one of the largest trusts in the UK.

Quinton Quayle

Quinton is a former diplomat who has served as British Ambassador to Romania and to Thailand. He currently advises a number of companies with business interests in South East Asia.

He is a member of the Queen's Counsel Selection Panel and sits on the Governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and on the Regulatory Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Louise Scull

Louise runs her own business coaching practice, and is Vice Chair of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She has also served on the Audit Committee of the NMC and as a lay adviser to Council on financial issues.

Carol Shillabeer

Carol is Nurse Director, Powys Teaching Health Board and was appointed in 2009.

In this role she is Lead Director for Children and is the director responsible for mental health and wellbeing. She was formerly General Manager for Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust between 2008 and 2009.

Amerdeep Somal

Amerdeep is a member of the board of the Independent Police Complaints Commission from 2003 to the present. Since 2006 she has served as an Immigration and Asylum judge.

She serves on the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments as an independent chair of recruitment panels for ministerial appointments.

Elinor Smith

Elinor is Executive Nurse Director, NHS Grampian Board. She has held this position from November 2006.

She was Executive Director of Nursing at Grampian Healthcare, the primary care trust between 2002 and 2003, and served in other nurse director roles until her appointment as Executive Nurse Director in 2006.

Stephen Thornton CBE

Stephen has held a number of senior positions in healthcare. At present he is Chief Executive of the Health Foundation and Deputy Chair of Monitor.

He serves on the Department of Health National Quality Board and on the board of an international partnership based at Duke University in North Carolina which identifies innovative models of healthcare delivery. Formerly he was Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation.

Lorna Tinsley

Lorna, a registered midwife, was Senior Workforce Modernisation Manager between 2009 and 2012 at the National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare. She chaired the Strategic Vision for Maternity Services in Wales workforce group during this appointment.

She was National Officer for Wales at the Royal College of Midwives between 1996 and 2009. Prior to 2009 Lorna was the Parent Education and Health Promotion for Women Lead in Cardiff.

Dr Anne Wright CBE

Anne Wright has been Chair of the National Lottery Commission since 2005, and a Member of the Bar Standards Board since 2012. Her former non-executive roles include the School Teachers Review Body, the Armed Forces Pay Review Body, and Youth Music Theatre UK.

She was Vice-Chancellor of Sunderland University from 1990 to 1998, and was appointed CBE in 1997. She is a Council member of the British Institute for Technology and E-Commerce.