Lisa Emery

CIO, West Herts NHS Trust

Prior to this role, Lisa worked in the NHS for 12 years as a biomedical scientist, starting her career at Watford General in 1989 before moving to University College Hospital London. Outside of the NHS she has many years’ experience as a programme manager and director working on large healthcare programmes, including a spell in the Middle East, and several years working with BT/Perot on the National Programme for IT in London, predominantly leading first of type deployments.

Lisa returned to West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust in 2012 initially to lead on the delivery of the Trust’s IM&T Strategy, and was subsequently appointed to the Board-level role of CIO.

Her role now also includes responsibility for creating and leading the Trust’s Strategy Delivery Office, with responsibility for delivery of the organisation’s transformation and efficiency projects. This has included the establishment of a Trust-wide programme management office.