
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

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)

Paul McNeillie
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)

Dr Yee Cheah – DAFNE Doctor
DAFNE doctor – King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Board members since May 2023
Doctor Seat

Dr Karen Tait – DAFNE Doctor
DAFNE doctor – Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Board members since May 2023
Doctor Seat

Rosanne Dunkley – DAFNE educator
Dietitian – Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Board members since May 2023
Educator seat

Manyee Li – DAFNE educator
Dietitian – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Board members since May 2023
Educator seat

Robert Grace
Graduate seat
Board members since May 2023

Jaqualyn Moore
Graduate seat
Board members since May 2023

Dhruti Jadeja
Graduate seat
Board members since May 2023