Stephen Jackson

Non-Executive Director

 Stephen is a qualified accountant with a substantial knowledge of both the Public and Private sectors.  He has significant and varied board-level experience at both Executive and Non-Executive level working in highly complex business, legal and statutory environments.

After qualifying as an accountant Stephen joined Bass plc. and had several senior financial roles in the company’s HQ and hotel subsidiaries.

He has had a wide variety of posts since, including five years in Hong Kong as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Development and IT for Holiday Inn – Asia Pacific. He also held successful financial roles in Belgium, Germany, South Africa, Spain and the USA.

In 2003, Stephen joined Nottingham Trent University where he held the post of Chief Financial and Operations Officer with overall responsibility for Finance, Estates, Commercial Development, Legal, Registry, IT, and Governance Services.  He was also appointed as a member of the Board of Governors and the Academic Board. Stephen left NTU in 2016 and joined Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS FT as a Non-Executive Director. He went on to become Vice Chair at Notts Healthcare and to Chair the Audit and Risk Committee. At the end of his tenure at Notts Healthcare, Stephen joined the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB as a Non-Executive Director and Chairs the Finance and Performance Committee.  Stephen is also a Non-Executive Director at DHU Healthcare.

Outside of work, Stephen is a keen participant and spectator of sports of all kinds and has a passionate interest in environmental issues.