Leadership Team

Our trust formed a partnership with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) that forms a single leadership model consisting of a single team of executives from both trusts supported by a Leadership Team at IWT and PHU.

This page shows the Trust Leadership Team for the IWT.

Steve Parker, Medical Director

Steve joined our trust in January 2015 as a Consultant General Surgeon specialising in breast and general paediatric surgery.

During his time here, he has held a number of clinical leadership roles and was appointed as Medical Director in November 2020.

Prior to relocating to the island, he was a consultant at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and also served in the Royal Navy for 16 years, including 4 years in the submarine service. Steve also provided clinical leadership to a number of transformation projects and is committed to the delivery of safe and effective clinically-led services.

  Laura Neal, Interim Director of Nursing

Laura has worked in the NHS since 1997 and joined our trust in December 2021. Before relocating to the island, she worked in Intensive Care and then transitioned to primary care as a Advanced Nurse Practitioner and partner in General Practice. After joining the NHS MSc Leadership academy, Laura moved back into an Acute provider senior leadership position in the Northwest, leading on international projects and improving standards of care. During her time here, she has held the position of Deputy Director of Nursing, holding safety, safeguarding, quality and patient experience roles,  she is one of the first alumni for the IHI Chief Quality Officer and was appointed as Director of Nursing in July 2024.

Vicky Lauchlan, Interim Chief Operating Officer

Vicky, originally raised on the island, has worked in the NHS since joining the Management Training Scheme in 2008. She has also worked in the UK, Europe and the USA in health policy. Prior to returning to the island, Vicky worked in senior operational roles at UCLH and West Middlesex University Hospital. She joined the IOW NHS Trust in January 2016 as Head of Operations for Women and Children's Health before taking on the role of Director of Operations - Planned Care in August 2020. Vicky has been in her interim role since September 2023.

Jane Cole, Director of Finance 

Jane joined our trust in June 2023 from Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB where she was Director of Finance, Operations and Systems. Jane began her NHS career on the Island in 1993 and has extensive experience within NHS finance having held senior positions across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight within the provider, commissioner and regulator sectors during the span of her career. Jane is a Fellow Chartered and Certified Accountant (FCCA) and is a strong advocate of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) having previously been Chair of the HFMA Commissioning Steering Group.

Michelle Stanley, Director of Strategy and Improvement

Michelle has worked in the NHS since 1996 and joined our Trust in 2021. Before moving to the island in 2020, Michelle worked as a Consultancy Director, travelling the UK to work with NHS organisations on Improvement, Transformation, and Strategy. Michelle possesses extensive senior operational experience, having successfully managed two Community Hospitals in the Midlands. She is a registered Physiotherapist specialising in Frailty and Balance Disorders and holds a registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.

During her time here, Michelle has held the position of Programme Director of Strategy, Partnership and Transformation and Acting Director of Strategy and Partnerships.

Victoria White, Director of IOW Ambulance Service

Victoria started working in the NHS in 1993. Originally, she trained as a radiographer, specialising in neuroradiography and managed the Interventional Radiology service at Southampton University Hospital (UHS) Foundation Trust. Between 2007 and 2012 Victoria managed the Radiology service, therapies and planned care services at Lymington Hospital before becoming the hospital manager in 2012

During this time Victoria worked clinically in the Falkland Islands and in a managerial role in a hospital in Tanzania.

In 2014 Victoria moved to the Isle of Wight and returned to UHS as a Care Group manager to the Ophthalmology and Specialist Medicine services before moving in 2017 to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust as Head of Operations for Ambulance, Urgent Care and Community Services. 

After realignment of the clinical divisions in 2018 Victoria became Head of the Ambulance Service and has been the Director of the service since 2021 

 Amy Rolf, Director of People and OD

Amy was born and raised on the island prior to going to University and relocating to London to start her career in Human Resource Management.  Amy worked in the private sector in IT and retail organisations at the start of her HR career.  Amy returned to the island in 2002 and has worked for our trust since July 2003.  Amy has worked in various roles within our HR team initially joining as a Senior HR advisor for corporate HR, and developed into Senior HR Manager roles responsible for resourcing and employee relations and moving into a HR business partner role for our Acute and Ambulance Services in 2019. In 2023 Amy was part of the team that won the Healthcare People Management Award (HPMA) for partnership working with Trade Unions.  Amy is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and achieved Chartered Fellow membership status in 2011.