Board Members

Geoff was appointed Group Chair of Dimensions in September 2005. He is a member of the Investment Committee, the Remuneration and Nominations Committee and also sits on the quality advisory group.

He graduated in pharmacy and after further study went on to build a career in marketing, business development and general management within the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. After some years at Glaxo, Smith and Nephew and Janssen, Geoff was appointed managing director of Devilbiss Health Care and went on to assume responsibility for international operations within the corporate office of the parent company, following acquisition by Sunrise Medical.

Geoff spent twenty one years as a non executive director of various NHS trusts and was most recently Chair of Harrow NHS Primary Care Trust. He stood down in March 2007 having served five years in this post. He has been a trustee of various charities involved in disability and older people services. Geoff is an accredited performance coach and works with directors and senior managers primarily in health, higher education and the third sector.

He is married to Mary, CEO of a small national charity. They have two daughters and five grand children. Geoff loves travel, photography, drawing and painting, theatre and opera.

Alan has been a Director of Dimensions since 2002. He is 60 years old, married with three grown-up children and two grand-children (to date). He currently lives in South Cheshire but was born in Hampshire and have lived in Hampshire and Berkshire for over 30 years.

He joined the board of Dimensions when he took early retirement. He initially qualified as a Certified Accountant but spent most of his working life in general management, including many years as Company Secretary of a major British PLC. He is currently an independent member of the Board and chair the Audit Committee.

He has two other volunteer charity appointments and his other interests include walking and trying to trace my family history.

Dr Gillian Schiller has been on the Dimensions Board since 2005. She is on the Board of Adepta and is a member of the Dimensions Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

She is the Chairman of Harrow Primary Care Trust and runs a small independent consultancy which helps the NHS to improve its services. She began her career as a doctor with a special interest in children's health and has qualifications in medical law (LLM) and business management (MBA) too. Gillian is a trustee in a small medical charity (Bart's City Life Saver) and is heavily involved in Cancer Research UK Relay For Life, being a member of the organising committee for Harrow, and Chair for Canons.

Gillian is married, has three children and three cats, and sings in a local choir.

Nigel joined Dimensions as a board member in 2003. At the time he was working for a mental health charity as a Director of Operations. He trained as a teacher and taught in a special needs school before working with people with long term mental health problems as a care manager.

He is also a shepherd and keeps his own flock of sheep, some of which help with wildlife conservation by grazing a nature reserve – they are very willing volunteers!

Nigel has recently left his job and is re-training as Horticultural Therapist He hopes to help people with mental health problems or a learning difficulty to develop an interest in gardening.

He has recently become the chair of the Southern Operating Committee.

Alain joined Dimensions in the summer of 2003. Now an independent member of the Board, Alain also chairs the Group Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

His initial career was with British Telecom where he held various operational and people management roles including International Networks Total Quality Programme Manager and Area Board Member with International Operator Services. More recently, Alain has a varied portfolio of roles including Non Executive Director of an NHS Hospital Trust and an international consultant on Organisation Development, Project Management and Human Resources. He also acts as an independent chair of selection panels, for example for junior doctors and for the Judicial Appointments Commission.

Alain is married to Lisa - an illustrator and artist. They live in Guildford and have two grown up children. They get away from it all on their canal narrow boat or at their family home in the north of France.

Margaret joined the Dimensions Board in 2008, having been a trustee and then Vice Chair of Adepta since 2003 and prior to that Chair of New Possibilities NHS Trust. She lives in Essex but originates from Rochdale. She is married and has two children and three grandchildren – two in Anglesey and one in Bristol.

Margaret works nationally through two consultancies, Action Learning for Service Improvement and the Bath Consultancy Group. Her work focuses on the development of individuals, teams, organisations and wider partnerships and relationships, mainly in the public sector.