The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Jan Teo as Non-Executive Director, to the Trust Board, from April 2024.

Tim Pile, Chair of the Board at ROH, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Jan to the Board. With her extensive experience in people leadership and transformation, and her focus on equity in health outcomes, I am certain she will contribute significantly to the continued success and growth of the ROH.

We are looking forward to leveraging the wealth of experience and insight across the Board to continue driving forward ROH’s focus on helping patients live their lives to the fullest with less pain and restored independence.”

Jan Teo

Jan is a history graduate from the University of Cambridge, and a former chief operating officer, chief executive, managing director and chair with over 30 years leadership experience in a wide variety of roles primarily in financial and motoring services companies such as Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Legal and General, RAC, and Lex Transfleet.

Jan has experience in people leadership, transformation and growth, with an absolute focus on doing the right things whilst managing business sustainability.

Jan has an interest in the provision of wider access to and participation in arts organisations and she has served as a trustee director for Birmingham Museums Trust, Elmhurst Ballet School, The Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Birmingham Royal Ballet where she was later asked to become Chief Executive.

She is currently a member of the Board at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and recognises the long term challenges in the wider NHS. She joins the Board of The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust being particularly driven by a focus on equity in health outcomes for all patients and by valuing all NHS colleagues to best use their experience and resources to work collaboratively to do so.