Graham Urwin - Chief Executive

Graham Urwin

Graham has a finance background in both local government and the NHS. He has worked at local, regional and national level and across both commissioning and provider organisations.

Having been a Finance Director in both Primary Care and NHS Trusts, his first CEO role was at South Birmingham Primary Care Trust, progressing to run Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust for seven years.

He then moved to the North West in 2015 as Director of Commissioning Operations, before stepping up in 2019 to become the Regional Director of Performance and Improvement for NHS England & Improvement in the North West, a role with responsibility for system leadership and oversight of NHS Commissioner and Providers in the North West region.

Graham was the Regional Incident Director throughout Cheshire and Merseyside’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.