Meet the KSS PGMDE Business and Foundation Team

Louise joined the KSS Deanery team in February 2023 to strategically lead its development and delivery. Prior to joining the team, Louise was a Programme Manager for Health Education England working in the national Digital Academy. Louise has worked in clinical education in the North West of England across a variety of NHS Trusts and has 15 years’ experience in the public sector.

Vanessa Davis started with NHSE in December 2021 and has been instrumental in managing the separation of the South Thames Foundation School and setting up the KSS Foundation School, which became a school in its own right in 2023. Vanessa oversees the South East Foundation programme as well as leading the KSS Foundation team.

Helen Kermode joined KSS in August 2022. Her portfolio includes local implementation of the national expansion and redistribution specialty programme, specialty post management, KSS fellowships and recruitment of clinical educators. Helen has a varied background. Her career started as a physiologist working in cardiac research but she has also worked as a finance manager, run a nursery, worked in fostering administration and for the 5 years before joining our team was a health protection practitioner working on infectious disease across KSS.

Ceri joined KSS PGMDE Business Team in 2024 to oversee the management of GP Training across KSS. Prior to this, Ceri worked as a Programme Coordinator in the KSS Primary Care Department where she worked closely with the KSS Training Hubs and GP School to enable the promotion, provision, and management of multi-professional educational activities for the current and future primary care workforce.

Iain joined KSS PGMDE Business Team at the tail end of 2024 to oversee the management of Specialty Training across KSS.

Previously Iain worked as a Business Manager in the Primary Care Transformation team for NHS England since May 2020, and started his NHS career in 2013 at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust running the GP Specialist Training Scheme, whilst also supporting the Paediatric Specialist training scheme and all training within the Postgraduate Education Centre, including the simulation team, Dental, Medical students and the international students admin teams.

Prior to working with the NHS, Iain had a wide ranging career as a Graphic designer, working in regional newspapers, national advertising, internet dating and retail advertising design & retail website management.

Vikki Bates joined us from Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in April 2022, she brings a wealth of experience from being in postgraduate medical education at her trust.

Charlotte Porter has been with NHSE for several years, working first in the Wessex PGME team, and most recently as Business Management Support Officer with the PGME business team and as PA to Professor Jo Szram. Charlotte, along with Vikki will be managing the Foundation Programme in KSS.

Harvey Booker has been with NHSE for several years, working in Local and Regional Business, Quality, Commissioning and most recently in Postgraduate Medical and Education.

Mari joined us from Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in November 2022, where she worked in non-clinical roles on the wards and in the Pharmacy Department at the trust.

Lizzy Young joined the team after working in Local Government for seven years, she joins the team with a wealth of administrative and customer service experience.

Natalie Moniz started in East Sussex Healthcare Trust as a domestics assistant for 2 years. Natalie then completed her accounting apprenticeship with Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, working there for the last 3 and 1/2 years before coming over to NHSE.

Sorayah joined NHS England in 2022 and has worked in Frontline Digitisation and Learning Disability and Autism before joining KSS in April 2024.

Amy joined the team in 2024 to support GP Training across KSS. She has been with NHS England  since 2021 and brings valuable experience from her previous role as Programme Support Officer in the KSS Primary Care team

Shea joined KSS in September 2024. He has previously worked with the Professional Support and Wellbeing team in the East of England as a Non-clinical Case Manager. Shea has an academic background in Psychology and Behavioural Science as well as a postgraduate qualification in Counselling Psychology. He has also worked to develop and facilitate programmes for educational non-profit organisations such as Delfont Mackintosh and Future Leaders Network.

Kate joined the team in 2022 having previously worked in the Advancing Practice Team and previous roles in a trust prior to starting at NHSE.