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Mark Cubbon, chief executive, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Mark is the trust chief executive officer (CEO) of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, a group of 10 hospitals and community services that support the Greater Manchester community with a wide range of acute and specialist healthcare services.

Mark has a long-standing career in the NHS having joined the service as a nurse in Greater Manchester in 1992. Mark became CEO of Manchester University Foundation Trust in April 2023. Prior to that, he was chief delivery officer for NHS England where he was responsible for driving change across the NHS to support the move to system working and enable improvements in delivery.

Mark has held a range of senior leadership roles in his career, including chief executive at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, regional chief operating officer for NHS Improvement in the Midlands and East of England, and several director roles in London NHS trusts, including Moorfields Eye Hospital, Whipps Cross and Barts Health.