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Martyn Schofield

London

Summary

Governance and risk assurance senior leader providing high level strategic support and advice to chairs, non-executives and chief executives to ensure organisations deliver transparent and accountable leadership in line with legislative requirements.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Company Secretary

NHS North West London
London
03.2023 - Current
  • Led the culture of public accountability, probity and governance, ensuring that appropriate and compliant structures, systems and processes were in place.
  • Led the Board annual review of strategic risk management and risk appetite including oversight of system risk following the operating plan.
  • Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO) with overall responsibility for information risk.
  • Responsible for access to legal services ensuring value for money, management of conflicts of interest and statutory responsibilities.
  • Provided independent expert advice and support to the Chief Executive and Chair on all matters relating to statutory regulation and legislative compliance and interpretation.
  • Led the adoption of artificial intelligence to comply with information.
  • governance requirements and review innovative ways of making some administrative tasks easier (minute writing; business case completion; policies).

Assistant Director of Governance

Royal Surrey County Hospital
Guildford, Surrey
09.2021 - 03.2023
  • Ensured the Trust was legally compliant with its duties under the NHS Act 2006 by ensuring clear accountability to the local community and patients through members and governors.
  • Responsible for the implementation of the well-led component of the Care Quality Commission inspection.
  • Oversaw and led all the governance and business manager functions of the Trust including executive director support, committee processes, risk management (including the Board Assurance Framework) and information governance.
  • Led the embedding of the risk management framework across the Trust including training for staff; linking with quality staff on patient safety incidents and learning from incidents.


Assistant Director Governance

Royal College of General Practitioners
London
10.2018 - 09.2021
  • Responsible for the strategic development, management and provision of the corporate governance and risk framework for the Royal College of General Practitioners.
  • Balanced elected members as Officers with charity Trustees, employees as well as a large body of volunteers to ensure effective strategic leadership and provide evidence that the College had systems and processes in place which provided robust assurance to the Trustee Board, Council, and other stakeholders including the Charity Commission.
  • Led and managed the company secretariat, legal and governance strategies, procurement and Officer business management to ensure that the College had the capacity to deliver its current and future objectives.
  • Provided information security, assurance and risk management advice to support to ensure informed decisions regarding Information Security related matters, including risk and appropriate security improvement actions.


Director Governance and Deputy Chief of Staff

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
London
06.2017 - 09.2018
  • Oversaw implementation and compliance with the Governance Framework including the Scheme of Delegation and financial matrix.
  • Oversaw the strategic risk management across PHSO including providing the annual Board risk appetite discussion and agreed risk tolerances.
  • A confidential sounding board for the Ombudsman and assisted in ensuring good Board member relations.
  • Project lead in the production of the Annual Report and Accounts including producing the Annual Governance Statement.
  • Partnership working with the National Audit Office to ensure compliance with Managing Public Money and Financial Reporting Manual to facilitate sign off of the Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
  • Oversaw and managed the internal audit contract ensuring a workplan of reviews were planned that linked across to the wider Board programme of work and the PHSO strategy and business plan.
  • Was the central 'depository' for the memorandum of understandings relating to information sharing agreements with bodies within PHSO jurisdiction and advised on how new legislation relates to the Board (such as General Data Protection Regulation).

Governance and Risk Lead

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
London
08.2012 - 05.2017
  • Designated Risk Lead for the Trust.
  • Responsible for implementation of the Risk Management Strategy including triangulation of incident reporting, clinical and internal audit findings and patient complaints with the risk processes.
  • Led the bi-annual Trust Board risk seminar that identified risks to strategic objectives, created the Board Assurance Framework and then reviewed and challenged as appropriate mid-year.
  • Provided mandatory training to Trust staff on the risk management process and incident reporting, including their role in ensuring an effective and robust risk management process was in place and how this linked to patient safety and compliance.
  • Provided quarterly reports to the Trust Board, Quality Governance Committee and Quality & Safety Committee on the Board Assurance Framework and Trust Risk Register.
  • Attended Audit Committee to provide assurance on the risk processes and the links to internal and external audit
  • Trust lead in ensuring risks were identified from multiple sources

Council Secretary

General Pharmaceutical Council / Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
London
01.2007 - 04.2012
  • Provided independent expert advice and support to the Chief Executive and Chair, Council and Members before, during and after the transition from Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain to the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Provided advice to the Board, Council of Governors, and their committees, Directors and Governors on forward planning of statutory decisions, understanding the timetabling of legislation, effective delegation and robust use of Board time.
  • Compliance with the Scheme of Delegation and Pharmacy Act 2010
  • Maintained registers in accordance with Public Benefit Corporation (Register of Members) Regulations 2004.
  • Installed a robust governance framework during the transition to the new organisation including risk and assurance of the Transition Boards.
  • Partnership working with other medical regulators to share areas of best practice including GMC, GDC and NMC.

Principal Committee Officer

London Borough of Camden
London
01.2000 - 01.2007
  • Worked with the Head of Democratic Services and the Committee Services team in running all democratic processes of the Council including managing committees; working with elected Members; assisting in local, national and Mayoral elections as Presiding Officer and Count Supervisor; working with local interested parties who want to access the Council's democratic process through ensuring their voices and concerns were heard (for example planning applications); ensuring special interest groups were included and active promotion of the Council to all sectors of the local community including hard to reach groups.
  • Thorough grounding in the legal aspects of public decision making from public consultations to legally binding planning decisions.

Education

BA - English Literature

Goldsmiths College, University of London
09.1995 - 07.1998

MSc - Race and Ethnicity

Birkbeck College, University of London
09.2004 - 07.2006

Chartered Secretary - Governance, law, finance

Corporate Governance Institute

Skills

  • Regulatory reporting
  • Health and safety legislation
  • Company law expertise
  • Trusteeship, Foundation Trust, NHS and civil service administration
  • Strategic risk management and reporting
  • Corporate governance

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Company Secretary

NHS North West London
03.2023 - Current

Assistant Director of Governance

Royal Surrey County Hospital
09.2021 - 03.2023

Assistant Director Governance

Royal College of General Practitioners
10.2018 - 09.2021

Director Governance and Deputy Chief of Staff

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
06.2017 - 09.2018

Governance and Risk Lead

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
08.2012 - 05.2017

Council Secretary

General Pharmaceutical Council / Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
01.2007 - 04.2012

MSc - Race and Ethnicity

Birkbeck College, University of London
09.2004 - 07.2006

Principal Committee Officer

London Borough of Camden
01.2000 - 01.2007

BA - English Literature

Goldsmiths College, University of London
09.1995 - 07.1998

Chartered Secretary - Governance, law, finance

Corporate Governance Institute

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