Stephen Hay

Stephen was Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Regulation at NHS Improvement with responsibility for all regulatory issues across the provider side of the NHS from 2013 - 2019.  Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer and then Managing Director at Monitor, the regulator of Foundation Trust hospitals, which he helped establish in 2004. In his health sector career he has been responsible for strategic planning, finance, board appointments, sector performance, regulatory interventions and the design/operation of the health sector’s failure regime.

Previously Stephen has worked for KPMG in a variety of roles within Corporate Finance, Transaction Services and Assurance services. He advised corporate and private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, due diligence and risk management.

Stephen’s other roles have included being a Non Executive Director on the Board of the Department for Communities and Local Government where he served as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for 6 years. 

He is currently a Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund in the UK where he also chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. He is also a Board adviser to a number of early stage healthcare businesses.