Nuala O’Kane

Nuala lives in Shropshire and was a Non-Executive Director and then Chair of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust from 2015 until 2023.

She was the CEO of the Donna Louise Trust Children’s Hospice in Stoke on Trent from 2007 until 2014. Prior to that she was the Director of Fundraising at Hope House Children’s Hospice from 1994 until 2007. Nuala worked in the voluntary sector for over 30 years for a number of different organisations.

She is a Trustee of the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton, and has a lifelong enthusiasm for the performing arts.

Nuala was a Councillor on Telford and Wrekin Council for 12 years until 2003. She held a number of leading roles during this time and was the first person to be elected to the position of Speaker of the Council in 2002.