Nicola Rossi - Director of Communications
Nicola has 20 years experience managing communications in the public and private sectors. She joined the NPA from BT health, part of BT Global Services, where she was Communications Director, running a strategic programme to support BT’s activities as part of the £12.4 billion National Programme for IT in the NHS.Throughout her career Nicola has worked with a wide range of audiences and complex issues. She graduated in English Literature from University College London.
Paul Coleman - Director of Insurance
Paul has nearly 30 years experience in the insurance industry. He joined from MMA Insurance plc where he was National Development Manager. Prior to that he had held a variety of positions with Norwich Union – most recently managing London City business units.
Adrian Palmer - Director of Finance
Adrian Palmer came to the NPA from the Davies Group, the UK’s fourth largest loss adjusting business where he held the position of Finance Director. Whilst at Davies he also led the advisory work for the £27m management buyout and group restructure.
After qualifying as a chartered account with Coopers & Lybrand, Adrian spent 11 years in Corporate Finance advising on over 50 transactions between £5m and £110m. He has worked for Ernst and Young Corporate Finance Advisory and then became a Director at Grant Thornton London M&A. Before moving to the Davies Group he was a main board director at Target Accountants where he set up a corporate finance business.
Nanette Kerr - Director of Pharmacy
Nanette has overall responsibility for the NPA Information, Education & Training and Business Development teams.
Nanette joined the NPA from Day Lewis Pharmacy where she has worked as a consultant to the Executive Board advising them on their strategy for pharmacy services across the business. Nanette is a Pharmacy graduate from the University of Strathclyde and also has a post graduate diploma in Law from Nottingham Trent University.
In her early career Nanette worked in both community and hospital pharmacy before joining Safeway Stores in 1993 as a Pharmacy Manager. Nanette worked her way up to become an Area Manager with responsibility for the sales and profitability of 23 pharmacies in the South East of England. Nanette’s final role there was as Professional Development Manager where she had responsibility for the training and professional development of all pharmacy staff within Safeways plc.
In 2001 Nanette joined Alliance Pharmacy, now part of Alliance Boots, as Head of the Superintendent Pharmacist’s Office and NHS Services General Manager. Nanette managed the Superintendent Pharmacist’s Office team including the customer service and professional support teams while ensuring the responsibilities of the Superintendent Pharmacist were complied with across all business departments. In 2004 Nanette became Professional Services General Manager with responsibility for preparing the business to deliver the ‘new’ 2005 NHS contract for community pharmacy across England & Wales and Scotland. With the merger of Alliance Pharmacy and Boots the Chemist, Nanette was promoted to Head of Professional Services Development with responsibility for developing and delivering £90m of revenue across private, NHS and business to business pharmacy services.
Executive Management Team
The duties of the Executive Management shall be:
- to set and recommend to the Board of Management the overall commercial strategy for the company.
- to set and recommend to the Board of Management the Authorisation and Control policy which shall clearly identify those Matters reserved for the Board of Management, such Delegated Authority from the Board of Management to the Chief Executive and other internal limits as appropriate.
- to develop and supply to the Committees and the Board of Management such management information as required to ensure the efficient operation of the Association.
- to review all commercial proposals to be taken for approval to a Committee or the Board of Management as appropriate.
- to ensure that new opportunities for commercial activity are properly identified, explored and developed.
- to execute well resolved proposals which are affordable and consistent with the financial strategy and plans of the company up to the limits set out in the Authorisation and Control policy and being a core business activity as set out in the core principles of the Association.
- to present to the Committees and the Board of Management for approval well resolved proposals which are affordable and consistent with the financial strategy and plans of the company such activities that exceed the above limits.
- to identify and manage risk.
- report direct to the Board of Management issues of significant concern.