Niche Team Chart — Partners, Directors, and Business Team

Meet our wonderful team!

Partner Team

Kate Jury, Managing Partner, BA

Kate is a healthcare governance specialist of 20 years and has worked with over 300 organisations nationally on specialist reviews.

James Fitton, Partner, MA, MBA, MSc

James’s emphasis is on service evaluation and modelling-based service strategy, grounded in evidence-based practice and workable approaches.

Mary-Ann Bruce, Partner, MBA prev. RGN, RSCN and RHV.

Mary-Ann has led high-profile investigations across the UK involving serious incidents, mortality reviews and system failures

Tom McCarthy, Partner, BSc, MSc

A health economist by background, Tom has many decades of applied consulting in strategy development, finance and healthcare modelling.

Director Team

Emma Foreman, Director, BSc

Former Registered General Nurse. Experienced in delivering complex reviews and investigations into clinical practice, governance and culture.

Kathryn Hyde-Bales, Director, BSc

Kathryn has a wealth of experience in investigations, regulation, and governance. She also has hands-on operational experience.

Danni Sweeney, Director, BA

Governance specialist with ten years of experience in reviewing and designing healthcare corporate and quality governance systems.

Dr Paul Smith, Director, BSc, PhD

Healthcare analytics and finance specialist, with over 16 years’ experience in delivering complex quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Business Team

Sue Bagshaw, Business Manager

Sue plays a central role in day-to-day financial and framework management, she coordinates our tender submissions and ensures the business continues to run smoothly.

Edlin Tate, Project Support

Edlin supports senior consultants in undertaking independent quality assessments, evaluations, governance and due diligence reviews.

Saagar Chohan, Project Support, BA, MSc

Saagar supports the consulting team in undertaking independent quality assessments, evaluations and governance reviews.

Ros Gray, Assistant Business Manager, BA

Ros coordinates our client deliverable quality control and brand processes. Ros ensures that all of our client deliverables are brand-aligned.