Prior to her appointment as chief executive in 2003, Sue Turner held the position of chief executive at the then, South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust.
Sue Turner has also held the post of deputy chief executive of Riverside Mental Health Trust and was the former chair of the Hamlet Trust; a charitable organisation working in Central and Eastern Europe.
Having worked in the NHS for over 27 years, Sue’s background includes a number of senior managerial roles which involved her leading and supporting reconfiguration and remodelling of acute health services in inner London teaching hospitals. Sue has also held managerial positions at the Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority (Guys, New Cross, and Lewisham) and the Riverside Health Authority (St Stephen’s, Charing Cross, Westminster).
In addition, Sue has carried out a wide range of commercial and public sector projects. She led and achieved successful implementation and bedding down of four multi-million pound investment programmes; These were: secure services in West London, women’s Secure Services, CAMHS Secure Services and general acute mental health; all of which were in Birmingham.
Sue, who holds a BSc and an MSc, is a member of the British Psychological Society and is consistently involved in a range of service user, family and community
involvement activities.
