THE NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) on August 13 confirmed the appointment of Karamjit Singh CBE as Chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester with effect from October 1, 2014.
Karamjit lives in Coventry and has considerable knowledge of the area served by the University Hospitals of Leicester and awareness of local issues. He has worked with Leicester Community Relations Council and Leicestershire County Council, and has an extensive background in diverse roles within public services regionally and nationally.
His experience of health leadership includes serving as the first Chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (2006- 2009), as well as Board membership of the Coventry Family Services Health Authority (1993-1996), Coventry Health Authority (1996-2002) and Trustee of the British Lung Foundation (2006-2009). Karamjit is a voluntary Trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, its sister trust the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, and a Commonwealth Studies Centre based at Cambridge University focusing on emerging democracies.
