Maggie MacIsaac is the Chief Executive of NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB). Having started her career as a nurse, Maggie has an extensive leadership career in the NHS – including as a Chief Executive and Director for many years.

Maggie’s breadth and depth of NHS experience includes Board level roles in acute and community trusts, commissioning organisations and at regional level. Maggie’s commissioning experience includes her current role, time in two different health authorities - one as Chief Executive - and as Chief Executive of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), including for seven CCGs in various partnerships. In this latter space, Maggie led one of the country’s first new care model vanguards, the learning from which informed approaches to health and care which exist across England today. 

Lena is the Chair of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board. She began her tenure as Chair of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainability and Transformation Partnership in January 2019 and subsequently supported the development of the Integrated Care System as Chair.  

Lena began her career as a lecturer in further and higher education and managed a training centre in London for young people at risk of exclusion. Lena has held a number of leadership roles across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight including as a non-executive director with University Hospital Southampton and an associate non-executive director with Isle of Wight NHS Trust. From 2017 to 2022, Lena was Chair of South Central Ambulance Service. She also chairs the NHS South East Regional People Board.

She currently runs a company which has provided communications and training in leadership, human rights and child protection on behalf of organisations such as the National Crime Agency, UNICEF and UN Women. In addition, Lena is a Deputy Lieutenant at Hampshire Lieutenancy.

Tim joined the Integrated Care Board in November 2023 and became Deputy Chair in September 2024. He has a strong record in senior university and Board positions, alongside his experience in academic leadership, including 12 years as a Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Tim has experience of strategic development, organisational transformation, innovation and building and embedding an inclusive and nurturing culture in organisations. This sits alongside his track record of governance and assurance experience on national Boards and Committees. He has acted in an advisory and consultative capacity on national body reports and has chaired and presented at national and international policy events. Tim is a Non-Executive Director for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of AIM Community (an educational charity), Governor of the University for the Creative Arts, and an independent reviewer for the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

Mindy joined the Board in December 2023 and became our Senior Independent Director in September 2024.

Mindy is a skilled Non-Executive Director with experience in the public, voluntary and private sectors. She is currently a Non-Executive Director at Oxford Health Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust where she chairs the People, Leadership & Culture Committee.

Having originally trained as an economist, Mindy specialised in regional economic development and worked extensively in the United Kingdom, Russia and throughout central and Eastern Europe. She also works as an advisor and coach to Boards on questions of strategy, organisation development and digital transformation.

She previously chaired a social care charity through a period of transformation.

Julie is a Registered Nurse with an extensive range of experience in the NHS spanning 40 years. She was previously Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Quality and Caring Services at Marie Curie. Among Julie’s achievements are leadership of a review of clinical governance across the charity, and subsequent implementation of changes to strengthen their approach to assuring quality and managing risk.

Julie was also previously Chief Operating Officer for Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust with responsibility for the operational performance of the hospital, leading the review of clinical services, and facilitating a systematic review of service models. She has also held the roles of Chief Nurse and Chief Operating Officer for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. Julie’s wide-ranging experience, with a particular focus on quality and clinical governance will be critical in ensuring the Integrated Care Board is focused on continually improving performance and delivering better outcomes for our patients. Julie is Chair of the Integrated Care Board's Integrated Assurance Committee.

Professor James Knowles is Vice-Chancellor at Solent University. Educated at a comprehensive school, and the universities of London and Oxford, Professor Knowles has previously been Executive Dean and Vice-Principal of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, Professor of Renaissance Literature and Culture and Vice-Dean (Research) at Brunel University, London, and Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Head of the School of English at University College, Cork.

Until 2020 Martin was Senior Vice President at NTT DATA, the Tokyo-based professional services business and was specifically accountable for NTT DATA’s Public Services businesses including strategy, growth, programme delivery, and risk and compliance.

Martin has a background in business and technology consulting, and in the delivery of large digital and infrastructure programmes having worked previously for KPMG, Capgemini and BAe Systems Detica in UK and European leadership roles.

Martin was appointed a Civil Service Commissioner on 1st October 2021. Martin is also an experienced Non-Executive Director (NED) and is currently NED and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee for Achieving for Children, a not-for-profit social enterprise; NED and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee for Ofsted; and NED and Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee for the NHS Counter Fraud Authority. Martin’s expertise lends itself to supporting the Integrated Care Board to be as effective as possible as well as challenging us to always deliver the best value we can. Martin will Chair the Integrated Care Board Audit Committee.

Alastair joined NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight as interim Chief Finance Officer in April 2026. He brings more than 30 years’ experience in senior financial leadership, business transformation and strategic advisory roles across the NHS, central government and the defence sector.

He previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer for NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, having also been Turnaround Director in the organisation. Before moving into NHS leadership roles, Alastair spent 28 years at KPMG, including 16 years as an Equity Partner, leading major programmes in public sector financial management, healthcare and transaction services.

Alastair is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering (Microelectronics) from the University of Edinburgh. His wider experience includes senior roles within the Ministry of Defence, non executive board membership at the Single Source Regulations Office, and advisory work across multiple complex organisations.

He lives in north Hampshire with his family.

Dr Lara Alloway is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB), as well as the Executive Lead for Children and Young People, Aged 0-25.

Lara will ensure population health management, innovation and research support continuous improvements in health and clinical outcomes for our population.

Together with our Chief Nursing Officer, Lara will work with all partners to develop the long-term clinical strategy of the ICB. Together they will also jointly provide high quality clinical and professional leadership and ensure that this is embedded across our system.

Lara joined the ICB as deputy CMO for acute care in October 2022 and was appointed as CMO in August 2023.

She qualified from the University of Southampton in 1995, trained in general medicine in Wessex, later completed palliative medicine specialist training in the South Thames Deanery and was appointed to Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) as a consultant in palliative medicine in 2005.

Within HHFT she held a number of medical leadership roles within palliative care, cancer, medical services and latterly she was chief medical officer for HHFT until August 2023. 

Wendy qualified as a registered nurse in London 30 years ago and went on to undertake her BSc (Hons) in Community Health Care and her District Nursing training. Wendy has worked in a variety of clinical and leadership roles in hospitals, community and primary care across provider and commissioning settings and has an MSc (distinction) in Health and Social Care.

Prior to joining NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight in 2023 as the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for Local Care, Wendy undertook a Chief Nursing Officer of England Senior Clinical Fellowship with NHS England. Wendy has recently joined us as interim Chief Nursing Officer for NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

In her spare time Wendy is an avid Saturday morning Park Runner and runs marathons, recently gaining the Abbot Marathon World Majors Medal.

James brings almost 30 years of NHS experience across acute, mental health, community and system-level roles, including thirteen years in senior operational, commissioning, strategic and Board-level positions. He has led complex operational portfolios, driven large-scale transformation, and built strong partnerships across health and care in organisations across London and the South East. His breadth of senior leadership experience is invaluable during this period of transition. James joined our Executive team in 2025.

Ros has been our Director of Policy, Innovation and Partnerships and stepped into the Chief Insights and Stratregy Officer role in April 2026, as part of our ongoing organisational change. The role plays a key part in strengthening our future strategic commissioning capabilities through the better use of data and intelligence, strategic development, partnership working and public insight.

Ros has significant experience with has over 25 years’ experience in senior leadership and Executive roles within the NHS. Ros has worked across mental health, learning disabilities, acute, community and primary care portfolios as both a provider and commissioner.  Throughout her career, Ros has always focussed on building strong collaborative working to achieve the best outcomes.

Fraser is a GP who lives and works in Southampton. He studied medicine at University of Southampton and worked in University Hospital of Southampton on the medical rotation prior to general practice training.

He has worked as a GP partner in both rural and inner city areas and understands the challenges of both. 

As a Primary Care Network Clinical Director he has experience of  working with providers to coproduce new services designed to meet the needs of local populations.

Fraser is a GP trainer and has clinical interests in adult mental health, general adult health and prescribing safety.

Matt qualified from Nottingham University in 1998 and then spent some years as a Royal Naval Medical Officer, serving with the Royal Marines, before qualifying as a General Practitioner in 2008. He has worked as a partner in Dorset and Ringwood before joining the University Health Service Southampton in 2015. Matt is a GP trainer with interests in musculoskeletal  medicine and minor ops.

Matt has been a Primary Care Network Director since 2019 and is a clinical leader in Southampton with a particular focus on transformation. During the recent epidemic Matt chaired the covid response reference group for primary care. Matt has also been the Hampshire and IOW representative to the BMA’s General Practice Committee.