Dr Jackie Elliott – Chair and DAFNE doctor
Chair of the Board since May 2020
Clinical Lead for Diabetes, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Senior Clinical Lecturer / Honorary Consultant, University of Sheffield
Board member since September 2013
Doctor seat
Anita Beckwith – DAFNE educator
Dietitian, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since September 2011
Educator seat
Janet Carling – DAFNE educator
Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since January 2018
Educator seat
Robert Darbyshire
External, Legal Advisor (co-opted)
Board member since May 2020
Dr Mark Evans – DAFNE doctor
DAFNE doctor, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since September 2011
Doctor seat
Nigel Gaynor
Graduate seat (Graduated in 2017)
Board member since October 2018
Professor Simon Heller – DAFNE doctor
Professor of Clinical Diabetes, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since May 2005
Chair of the DAFNE Research group since May 2005
Doctor seat
Dr Helen Hopkinson – DAFNE doctor
Consultant Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Board member since Sept 2010
Doctor seat
Ian MacLellan
Board member since September 2011
Graduate seat (Graduated in 2000)
Dr Parth Narendran – DAFNE doctor
Consultant, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since October 2017
Doctor seat
Simon O’Neil
Director of HIPL, Diabetes UK
Board member since September 2009
Key stakeholder seat (Diabetes UK)
Marcus Weatherly
Deputy Director for Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Board members since April 2022
Constitutional seat (representative of Northumbria)
Jenny Rayner
Board member since October 2018
Graduate seat
Liesl Richardson
DAFNE trainer and quality assessor (co-opted)
Board member since September 2011
Peter Rogers
Board member since September 2009
Graduate seat (Graduated in 2007)
Gillian Thompson
National DAFNE Director
Board member since May 2005
Constitutional seat
Dr Emma Wilmot – DAFNE doctor
Consultant Diabetologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary (Clinical) Associate Professor, University of Nottingham School of Medicine
Board member since October 2017
Doctor seat
Sally Woolgar
DAFNE training development lead
Board member since October 2014
Constitutional seat
Dan Farrow
Head of Community Engagement, JDRF
Due to join the Board in May 2023
Key stakeholder seat (JDRF)
