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
Louise Holland
National DAFNE Director & Vice Executive Board Chair
Board member since August 2024
Constitutional seat
Anita Beckwith – DAFNE educator
Dietitian, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since September 2011
Educator seat
Emily Allardice
Dietitian – Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Board member since October 2023
Educator seat
Dr Mark Evans – DAFNE doctor
DAFNE doctor, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since September 2011
Doctor seat
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)
Caroline Byrne
Diabetes Specialist Nurse – University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Board member since October 2023
Educator seat
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
Sarah Phillips
Dietitian – University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Board member since October 2023
Educator 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 August 2024
Doctor seat
Kieran Gribben
DAFNE training development lead
Board member since May 2026
Constitutional seat
Carolyn Jackson
National DAFNE Training and Development Specialist
Board member since May 2026
Constitutional seat
Dan Farrow
Head of Community Engagement, Breakthrough T1D
Due to join the Board in May 2023
Key stakeholder seat (Breakthrough T1D)
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
Robert Grace
Graduate seat
Board members since May 2023
Jaqualyn Moore
Graduate seat
Board members since May 2023
Clare Howarth
Graduate seat
Board members since December 2024
Key stakeholder seat (Diabetes UK)
Dhruti Jadeja
Graduate seat
Board members since May 2023