Hugo Mascie-Taylor

Scion of a Cheshire gentry family seated at Lymm,^[2] he is the elder son of Henry Mascie-Taylor (1917–1971) and Eira née Wilding,^[3] and a great-great-grandson of the Revd Domville Mascie-Taylor (1783–1845).

Educated at Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucester, Mascie-Taylor then went up to read medicine at the University of Leeds (MBChB) before pursuing further studies at University of California, San Francisco^[4] and Durham University (MBA).

A consultant physician at St James's University Hospital (1986–91) and Seacroft Hospital (1991–94), Mascie-Taylor then served as Executive Medical Director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (1998–2009), including periods acting as Chief Executive and Medical Director at the NHS Confederation until 2013.^[5]

One of two special administrators appointed to manage Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust in April 2013,^[6] in May 2014 Mascie-Taylor was appointed Medical Director and Executive Director of Patient and Clinical Engagement, for Monitor (NHS).^[7] On a salary of between £195,000 and £199,999 from Monitor, he was in 2015 the 328th highest-paid British public sector workers.^[8]

Also a board member of Health Education England and the UK Revalidation Programme^[9] of the General Medical Council^[10] Mascie-Taylor formerly served on the policy board of NHS Employers.^[11]

Elected a Visiting Fellow of York University (1996–2003),^[12] in 2004 Mascie-Taylor was appointed a Visiting Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds, since when he also chairs OPT IN, a charity helping British healthcare professionals deliver training to partner hospitals in low income countries.^[13]

• Lymm Hall